Experts call South Africa’s latest lockdown changes illogical; e-hailing strikes continue and drivers call on Cyril Ramaphosa to sign a new bill into law; the ANC wants to debate whether South Africa needs to be a constitutional democracy anymore; and Anglo American joins a growing list of companies looking to give Eskom the boot.
In South Africa, three new Covid-19 deaths have been reported, taking the total reported to 99,893. The country has 14,230 active cases and a recovery rate of 96.9%.University of Witwatersrand vaccinology professor Shabir Madhi says that president Cyril Ramaphosa’s public address on Covid-19 this week was disappointing and that the rules put forward by the government are illogical, irrational and inconsistent.
He has called for the ANC to debate whether there should be an overhaul of the system favouring a parliamentary democracy. He argues that the South African courts are anti-transformation and that the legislature should be the final decider on policies and legislation. The chief executive officer of Freedom Under Law said that the premier’s points are “enormously concerning”. [Anglo-America is joining a growing list of companies moving off Eskom’s grid.
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