Knysna Mayor Elrick van Aswegen supports the decision to close Garden Route beaches.
KNYSNA NEWS - Knysna Executive Mayor, Elrick Van Aswegen has come out in support of the widely condemned blanket closure of beaches in the Garden Route. The move brings to mind the 2008 British comedy,
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.
In an article posted on the Knysna Municipality (KM) Facebook page on 16 December, he justifies his position as follows: "We were warned twice. First by the President when he introduced similar restrictions in Nelson Mandela Bay and when Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize visited the Garden Route. We didn't listen, we left the President with no other choice but to close our beaches."