Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma, has said the national lockdown to tackle Covid-19 will result in 'social unrest'.
Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma, has said the national lockdown to tackle Covid-19 will result in “social unrest”.In the second episode of the “Zooming with Zumas” conversation with his father, Duduzane slams President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration's decision to put the country and the economy under national lockdown, saying it was “premature”.
Duduzane says the lockdown is going to destroy the livelihood of the poor and the “shrinking middle class” hence his belief that civil unrest is imminent. “A social or civil unrest is on the cards whether we like it or not and how do we expect people not to go and fight for their families?” said Duduzane.“We do not condone violence and we do not condone activities of looting, which are illegal in our constitution, but we are supposed to survive.”
Duduzane said everything about lockdown only favoured the privileged such as how almost all life had become digital, closing out poor people without internet access and smart gadgets.
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