President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to have told leaders of opposition parties that he was under 'great pressure' from business and organised labour to open up the economy and move as quickly as possible to lower levels of the lockdown regulations
“She was adamant about [the] cigarette ban, explaining the relationship between smoking and Covid-19,” said the source.
The DA's John Steenhuisen apparently spoke out vehemently against this, questioning how the government could say it was opening up the economy but still keep the metros shut down, as most of the country's economic activity was happening in the metros.Ramaphosa had allegedly said he would take the discussions with party leaders to the Covid-19 national command council.
“Also in the next two days, they will take further advice, but he did say that he values the input and contribution of Nedlac,” he said.
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