Malema 'Ramaphosa and all the companies that are rushing into premature reopening must know that they will have blood on their hands if our people die.'
EFF leader Julius Malema says workers need to be protected. He spoke out against a 'rushed' return to economic activity in SA.If any employee contracts Covid-19 and dies during the partial reopening of the SA economy that kicks in on Friday, the government and employers must be held accountable says EFF leader Julius Malema.Malema said the decision by government to ease the lockdown by lowering it from level 5 to level 4, enabling 1.
Should employees returning to work on Friday contract the virus and die from it, said Malema, their employers should be liable for R5m in compensation to individual families. “Cyril Ramaphosa and all the companies that are rushing into premature reopening must know that they will have blood on their hands if our people die as a result of the premature, reckless and senseless reopening of the economy.
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