Is Malema on the nose? EFF leader suggests Level 1 lockdown imminent
After Ramaphosa announced that lockdown changes are incoming, Julius Malema has predicted that the country will move to Level 1 imminently.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Leader Julius Malema has offered a cheeky prediction that South Africa may soon downgrade lockdown regulations to Level 1, with President Cyril Ramaphosa having announced on Friday that the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) will review our current lockdown restrictions ‘imminently’.
SA is currently operating at the Adjusted Level 3 phase, but the President may be gathering us for another “family meeting” in the not so distant future.
Cyril Ramaphosa has given South Africans a glimmer of hope ahead of the weekend, by confirming that the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) will review our current lockdown restrictions ‘imminently’. SA is currently operating at the Adjusted Level 3 phase, but the President may be gathering us for another family meeting fairly soon.
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South Africa came into the new year under stricter Level 3 regulations. However – at the beginning of February – these rules were relaxed, allowing citizens to return to the beach and buy alcohol once more. Case numbers have declined rapidly since the second wave of COVID-19 reached its peak on 8 January; something Ramaphosa is keenly aware of.
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