BRUCE WHITFIELD: Dear Minister Patel, let me tell you what’s unfair …
Unfair is the fact that jobs are being shed because the shutdown of the economy has led to a collapse in business confidence
13 May 2020 - 06:00
Trade & industry minister Ebrahim Patel has sparked understandable fury since famously disallowing “unfettered e-commerce”, arguing that it risked the spread of Covid-19 and would be unfair to those in physical retail that aren’t allowed to trade.
Patel doesn’t want the hassle of dealing with the many complaints he would receive from spaza owners and physical store owners who would demand the same rights. So instead, he imposed a wholesale ban...
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