Another hard lockdown in perspective
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Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!
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As the bottle stores close they announce it. Hope everybody got their last rounds for 2020 in.
Yeah. They almost always seem to time it as such. Maybe to avoid queue and rush at the stores.
I think we are heading for it tonight.
Cyril will be judged on his actions for years to come - my sincere hope is that he tightens it all up properly, not just close the beaches for a few mtoe hours on certain days
I have lots to say,but I'll keep it to myself for now.
Told you to stock up...
ROFL I love how like 90% of the country is declared a hot spot 
Almost the entire Gauteng except for the Vaal. And the holiday makers are not even back yet.ROFL I love how like 90% of the country is declared a hot spot
And that's exactly what my brother and I are doing - staying away from each other. I'm in contact with a lot of people, especially holiday-makers here and the last thing that I would want to do is to infect my brother. With other people we wear a mask at all times, but obviously if I'm over at my brother for dinner we don't mask up. So - New Year's Eve braai cancelled and we'll see each other some time mid to end Jan. only - unless we bump into each other at Spar!
I think what Ramaphosa has done is excellent. I can't help comparing him - again - to Dump-the-Trump.
Banning alcohol is the only way to put a dampener on things.
As for restaurants closing at 8pm, that's going to hit Cape Town really hard. The sun sets only at 8pm so people go to restaurants only at about that time or later for dinner. I remember a friend of mine coming down to CT and he was shocked that people go for dinner only at 9pm, but it's not so shocking when you consider that it's only an hour after sunset! I feel sorry for the restaurant industry but it's the public who is to blame.
I wonder what is going to happen now with the holiday-makers, especially here in Yzerfontein where there is literally nothing else to do but to go to the beach. What's the point of staying here until mid-Jan? Imagine... you're from Gauteng or anywhere inland. You save up all year for your fantastic holiday of sun 'n surf. And now - nothing. And if they leave, as I'm sure they will, will the accommodation establishments give them a refund? Interesting times lie ahead!
Banning alcohol is the only way to put a dampener on things.
As for restaurants closing at 8pm, that's going to hit Cape Town really hard. The sun sets only at 8pm so people go to restaurants only at about that time or later for dinner. I remember a friend of mine coming down to CT and he was shocked that people go for dinner only at 9pm, but it's not so shocking when you consider that it's only an hour after sunset! I feel sorry for the restaurant industry but it's the public who is to blame.
I wonder what is going to happen now with the holiday-makers, especially here in Yzerfontein where there is literally nothing else to do but to go to the beach. What's the point of staying here until mid-Jan? Imagine... you're from Gauteng or anywhere inland. You save up all year for your fantastic holiday of sun 'n surf. And now - nothing. And if they leave, as I'm sure they will, will the accommodation establishments give them a refund? Interesting times lie ahead!
ROFL I love how like 90% of the country is declared a hot spot
I was also surprised to hear that the West Coast (of Cape Town) is a hot-spot. There are certain densely-populated areas which are hot-spots, but one couldn't say that my town of Yzerfontein, or Langebaan and Melbosstrand are hot-spots, although there has indeed been a rise in cases.
That guy said nothing about smoking so we'll need our vendors to post their schedules in the relevant forums. Oh snap. He mentioned small business's. Would that fall under the ,closed before 8pm thing???
I absolutely love the extra hours in cape town, it should be in a different time zone.
It's really not just the public, literally today a video surfaced with a restaurant owner swearing at patrons who were requesting wider spaces between tables. Shop after shop I've had fights with managers when staff were allowing people to walk around without masks. It's a collective CF, of people not wanting to just toe the line for a bit.
South Africa have been in lockdown for 278 days = 9 months and 3 days , just for interest's sake.
Here is a link to a site with much more detailed stats
https://mediahack.co.za/datastories/coronavirus/dashboard/
Here is a link to a site with much more detailed stats
https://mediahack.co.za/datastories/coronavirus/dashboard/
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We need more choices WRT reactions to posts ...
I appreciate the information and hate that we've in essence been prisoners in our own homes for over nine months, because of a corrupt, and inept government, along with a number of people that can't follow basic social distancing and hygiene rules ... the net knock on effect being felt by all for decades to come.
In all honesty, I think that the government reaction -despite being far from irreproachable- was commendable so far and avoided the country a much worse health outcome. There was some nonsense here and there like everywhere else in the world but we must all keep in mind that if there’s something this pandemic has most certainly shown is that the World is not ready to deal with a pandemic of this nature.
Are we so PC that we dare not voice what is in peoples minds ?
There will be a portion of the population that will abide by the rules and regs and have done since the beginning. There is a portion of the population that are so gatvol that they are going to break all the rules for their own selfish gratification.
There is a portion of the population that never abided by the rules to start with and a further portion that believe that not abiding by the rules they are giving the Gov the finger.
If the command council has sat down and looked at the percentages of who falls into which category, can we really be surprised at the turn of events. At this time of the year it is culturally common to come together as families and celebrate.
It is sad and scary to realize that a large percentage of people in this country would rather party and socialize therefore spreading the virus than forego this festive season in favour of reducing the spread.
It was not so long ago one of the party elite was pulled up for breaking the protocols and visiting friends for a birthday. With that kind of attitude multiplied by millions, no wonder the Gov is scared. They know they don't have the capabilities to cope if this gets out of control. The one thing the ruling party could not stand to do is lose control.
There will be a portion of the population that will abide by the rules and regs and have done since the beginning. There is a portion of the population that are so gatvol that they are going to break all the rules for their own selfish gratification.
There is a portion of the population that never abided by the rules to start with and a further portion that believe that not abiding by the rules they are giving the Gov the finger.
If the command council has sat down and looked at the percentages of who falls into which category, can we really be surprised at the turn of events. At this time of the year it is culturally common to come together as families and celebrate.
It is sad and scary to realize that a large percentage of people in this country would rather party and socialize therefore spreading the virus than forego this festive season in favour of reducing the spread.
It was not so long ago one of the party elite was pulled up for breaking the protocols and visiting friends for a birthday. With that kind of attitude multiplied by millions, no wonder the Gov is scared. They know they don't have the capabilities to cope if this gets out of control. The one thing the ruling party could not stand to do is lose control.
I totally agree with you @Stranger and we must not forget that the government is made of the very same people who elected them (and not all are necessarily from the best portion!)
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