A shocking report on what the Lockdown means for poor South AfricansArchived Message
Posted by Der on May 9, 2020, 5:16 am
And, indeed, poor people everywhere.
SA stands to lose between 3 and 7 million jobs. And it already had 10 million unemployed!
In SA it also shows authoritarianism run wild. "A ban on cigarettes and alcohol", indeed. Utter madness.
He makes a very persuasive argument for the lifting of the lockdown in South Africa. And maybe in some other places. You can't maintain a lockdown without providing people with good support.