A group of business organisations have launched a new petition calling for a complete end to the South Africa’s lockdown.
Signatories currently boast more than 50,000 members, including the LWO Employers Organisation, National Employers Association of South Africa, Restaurant Association of South Africa, the Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI), and Sakeliga.
Called ‘Business for Ending Lockdown’, the campaign says that the lockdown is a ‘humanitarian disaster’ and a grave threat to lives and livelihoods. It also holds the view that the harms will far exceed even the most…