Lockdown: Not yet decided to unlock South Africa from 21-days lockdown.

South Africans, particularly those living in the rural villages are not happy with the current lockdown as mostly feel left-out of most government services, and they are betting on President Cyril Ramaphosa not to extend the current 21-days beyond what it is now. Thou the president has not yet made that decision to extend the lockdown but all signs show a glaring possibility of an extended lockdown happening.  

All my news feeds as well as a reliable number of sources on my radar  have informed this writer that South Africans, including those in Tubatse (Burgersfort) should brace themselves of a possibility of an extended lockdown, this because government has not yet gotten the grip of the virus and its movement patterns. My sources tell me that, government has not yet received any scientific assessment nor any tangible report that indicate whether government the government’s lockdown and its regulations are yielding any fruits. So without this evidence backed research, it will be impossible for the president to neither take nor make any decision regarding the lockdown and its effectiveness.

This happens while our district, Sekhukhune continues to report no sign of the Coronavirus (SARS-Covid-19) anywhere. In Limpopo province as a whole Sekhukhune District including Tubatse in particular, we are the only area where the is no clear confirmed case of coronavirus. Other districts have reported more than 2 confirmed cases of the virus. There are currently 1 749 confirmed infections across South Africa with Gauteng province still leading with more confirmed cases up until today.

Government continue to encourage all of us to adhere to the lockdown regulations until president obtain those scientific assessment reports and pronounce otherwise. According to News24, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, government will receive the report in few days’ time. Today marks 13^th day of the lockdown, an increase of 63 confirmed infections and 13 confirmed deaths from yesterday.

“This is a serious, serious disease, as South Africans we must also take it seriously” said Ramaphosa. The 21-days lockdown is due to end next week Thursday, 16^th, April, 2020. Until then let’s all adhere to regulations, encourage, inform, and educate each other about the virus and its effects on human life particularly. As to whether the lockdown will be extended or not let’s wait on Ramaphosa to give us a way forward. Right now Cyril Ramaphosa has not yet decided to unlock South Africa from 21-days lockdown. But you can be certainly sure that this BLOG will be there to inform you with everything as it unfolds.

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