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Democratic Alliance (DA) national spokesperson, Siviwe Gwaruse says the party has been incredibly vocal about the need to lift the state of disaster.

announced the end to the national state of disaster, with effect from midnight.

The State of Disaster, which was implemented began on the 15 of March 2020, was introduced to deal with the COVID–19 pandemic outbreak.Some of the restrictions of the state of disaster will remain for the next 30 days, while legislation is being put in place to address issues relating to the pandemic.

Gwaruse says: “I think President Ramaphosa went through a great deal to explain exactly the view that we have had that you cannot continue to instill the regulations on the state of disaster when in fact the disaster itself is seemingly not appealing.” “We welcome the lifting of the state of disaster, of course we do so cautiously, because we have seen the regulations that have been drafted and published, the health regulations, which some of them seem to immulate some aspects of state of disaster and public comments of which are expected by the 16th of April.

Gwaruse adds: “And so we are cautiously welcoming the lifting of the state of disaster because of course its got other impacts, it’s got other ramifications in terms of tourism numbers, in terms of businesses, in terms of being able to retain jobs and in terms of us being able to get back to normality.”

 

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