Lockdown: did SA overreact?
As the lockdown drags on, people are getting restless and venting their anger at what they see as irrational limitations. President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to sense this mood, and react smartly
23 April 2020 - 05:00
Just how does a country strike the right balance in formulating a government response to Covid-19? On the one extreme, you have the likes of Belarus, where fans flock to stadiums as the football season plays on. At the same time, in Jacksonville, Floridians amble down to the freshly opened beaches, uncertain whether to greet each other with warmth or misgivings in the first flashes of the summer sun.
In France and Spain, both of which recorded an average daily rise in Covid-19 cases of more than 3,500 a day in the past week, plans are afoot for nonessential workers to return to their posts...
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