LETTER: Closing all SA beaches turns good citizens into criminals
Outside the holiday season, beaches are deserted and one is able to walk for kilometres without coming within 100m of anyone else
14 January 2021 - 16:56
I refer to Jeremy Gordon’s letter on Covid-19 and beach bans (“Beaches are the safest place to be right now,” January 13). We live in a small village on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. The beach here is expansive and stretches for more than 5kms.
Outside the holiday seasons it is deserted, and one is able to walk for kilometres without coming within 100m of anyone else. During peak holiday times it is a little more busy, but one is still able to pitch an umbrella 20m to 30m away from the next umbrella...
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