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BL Premium reports that on Tuesday Western Cape Premier Alan Winde called for an end to the last remaining coronavirus restrictions, which he said were hampering economic activity and job creation.
SA has the lowest level of restrictions since the hard lockdown imposed in March 2020, but limits remain on the size of large gatherings such as conferences and sporting events, and travellers flying to SA have to provide proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test not older than 72 hours. Winde said he had written to President Cyril Ramaphosa on 27 May, and again on Monday, calling for an urgent meeting of the president’s co-ordinating council to discuss the issue. He argued that SA could safely reopen the economy in full, because there had been a continued decoupling of Covid-19 infections and hospital admissions since SA’s fourth, Omicron-driven wave in December. It was time to emphasise personal responsibility, drop indoor mask mandates, and allow convention centres, theatres and stadiums to operate at full capacity, Winde said, adding that the province was fighting for residents’ businesses and jobs.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tamar Kahn at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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