LETTER: SA’s young people are worried about destruction of the economy
Covid regulations must save businesses and jobs, and a little accountability for state funds wouldn't hurt
With the number of businesses and jobs being lost daily due to the lockdown, one begins to wonder whether the government's policy will save lives from Covid-19 but lose them due to hunger, depression, poverty and overindebtedness.
The measures that are currently in place as a result of the state of disaster have left a significant gap in people's livelihoods. Many South Africans have been pushing for the unbanning of alcohol and tobacco products, perhaps to drown out the blatant looting of public funds through corrupt Covid equipment tenders, fraudulent unemployment insurance claims and many other means that are yet to surface...
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