Time to support local

Writer: De Waal Steyn.

With certain businesses permitted to open their doors under the Level 4 lockdown regulations, thousands of workers in the Overstrand have been returning to work over the past few days and there has been a marked uptick in shopping activity in the region’s towns.

Many restaurants, offering delivery services, reported good support from the community (Read more on P4) and most retailers said there has been a noticeable increase in the number of people visiting shops.

And while this economic activity is but a drop in the ocean of our total economy, government has warned that it will keep a tight leash on both employers and customers.

Speaking at a news conference on Sunday 3 May, Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi said returning to work did not mean it was “business as usual”, adding that he had issued a directive that sets out the measures that employers must take to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in workplaces "and these, we must emphasise, are minimum measures”.

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