The party said on Monday it believed that it was a false choice to distinguish between a loss of lives and a loss of livelihoods
Durban - As South Africans entered day 18 of a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and with the economy taking a beating amid the lockdown, the DA said it had come up with a smart lockdown plan - that would work similar to loadshedding - that saved lives and livelihoods.
They planned to submit the Smart Lockdown working paper which can been updated and amended to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday.
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