MERCY PAKELA SAYS LOCKDOWN IS NONSENSE By Zama Nteyi.
HAS-BEEN musician Mercy Pakela has criticised lockdown regulations, calling them stupid and nonsensical.
In a heated Facebook post, she accuses the country’s president of being inconsiderate.
She pleads with Joy Mbewana, president of the Cultural and Creative Industries Federation of South Africa, to intervene.
“President of the federation, we put our trust in you. The president of the country is inconsiderate,” says the
Ayashisa Amateki hitmaker.
“These restrictions are stupid. The only thing he’s supposed to do is to teach people to play safe, not to dictate to us.