It is about time that the business community demanded a return to work (“Business calls for quick move to level 2" (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/economy/2020-05-18-business-calls-for-quick-move-to-level-2-as-a-matter-of-urgency/), May 18). This call seems to be supported by labour, and even the medical profession, which no longer supports the hard lockdown.
At Nedlac, the body that promotes consensus between the government, labour and business, there seems to be consensus that the justification for the lockdown has passed. Of course, Nedlac does not speak for the unemployed, who now are a far larger group than the employed. Furthermore, history has shown us that much of the discussion and decision-making at Nedlac has been ignored by the government, rendering the body a “toy telephone”...
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