KwaNobuhle hairdresser Onele Cembi has found a way to register a protest against lockdown conditions: writing his protest in his hair.
“I did download the application forms, but to qualify for funds you need to have annual financial statements, six months' cash flow projections, a management account, plus you must be registered with UIF [Unemployment Insurance Fund] and submit other documents,” says Cembi.
“My question is: where will a township salon have such documents to produce and give to the government?” He estimates that out of more than 300 salons in his township, not a single one could qualify for the relief fund because the criteria used are aimed at bigger, formal businesses.He says the “writing” in his hair is his own protest.
By the end of the first week in May, it already received more than 69,700 signatures out of its target of 75,000. The association’s national manager Cobus Grobler said many people had applied for the relief funding but did not qualify.The association had been involved in talks with the government and “major progress” had been made, he said.
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