‘A decisive measure to save lives’

“This is a decisive measure to save millions of South Africans from infection and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. While this measure will have a considerable impact on people’s livelihoods, on the life of our society and on our economy, the human cost of delaying this action would be far, far greater.” — President Cyril Ramaphosa, announcing SA’s first lockdown on March 23 last year. Next Saturday will mark one year since the level 5 lockdown kicked in on March 27 2020.