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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 21, 16 April 2020.

 

Thursday 16 April 2020, Day 32 of SA Corona Virus, Day 21 of SA Lockdown 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for the lovely gentle rain all morning, which made me stay and work in bed, my best indulgence since Lockdown started three weeks ago; for the weather turning into a warm and sunny afternoon, allowing to me to do a Vit D catch up on the terrace; for a walk to the shops for Essentials, picking up litter on the way, surprised to see empty alcohol bottles lying around near the stream; for hearing from my Munich friend Marlene Du Plessis-Zoetl for the first time in three weeks since she became terribly ill; for dancing around my couch 500 plus times to exceed my step goal; for the last day of the first three weeks of Lockdown; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Government eases some Lockdown restrictions, hint of light lifting of Lockdown from 1 May 2020!

 

Earlier today the Government announced some relaxations to the country’s Lockdown regulations, highlights being an eased regulation regarding co-parenting, emergency repairs to homes and vehicles, opening of call centres related to essential services, and the reopening of warehouses related to essential services products, it was announced by Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. She was emphatic that the selling of cigarettes,  alcohol and take-away foods remains prohibited.

Listening to an interview with a reporter of ewn, the news service of Kfm, listeners were told that a light and gradual lifting of the Lockdown regulations from 1 May 2020 was hinted at by the Minister during the media briefing today.  The Minister said: “Because we are going to be opening the lockdown in an orderly matter, we will be naming the areas which will opened (sic) from the lockdown,” said Dlamini-Zuma. “The lockdown cannot be stopped abruptly.” Continue reading →