As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to present his state of the nation address on Thursday, the National Liquor Traders have told him they expect him to consider scrapping the national state of disaster.
The liquor industry has joined a growing call for the government to scrap the national state of disaster File photo.As president Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver his state of the nation address on Thursday, the National Liquor Traders have told him they expect him to consider scrapping the national state of disaster.
“As far as the Sona is concerned we expect the removal of the state of disaster, the transfer of the responsibility of dealing with the pandemic to the Department of Health and allowing the parliamentary process to resume to hold the executive to account on how they are dealing with Covid-19,” said NLT spokesperson Lucky Ntimane on Sunday.
The organisation has joined the growing call for the government to lift the national state of disaster. On Friday health minister Joe Phaahla warned of a possibility of a fifth Covid-19 wave as winter looms. Phaahla also told the nation that after a steady decline in infections, there was a plateau which was likely caused by the opening of schools and movement of people after the festive season.
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