It is all very well for President Cyril Ramaphosa to make announcements and then leave implementation to the various ministers (“President announces move to level 3 from June (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2020-05-24-sa-eases-lockdown-to-open-up-the-economy/)”, May 24). Unfortunately, the promises of help to the workers of SA, and to the business community, have been far too little and very late.
With much fanfare a special fund was set up by the department of employment & labour to help employees while they did not earn during the lockdown. The disaster to follow was that millions of individuals did not receive any money, or have received the incorrect amounts or got it too late. Businesses have failed, individuals are starving and the government does not want to acknowledge fault...
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