Mzansi Celebs join calls for #SALockdown as the spread of Covid-19 continues
With 274 cases of Covid-19 in SA, celebs and other South Africans feel more serious measures need to be put in place. They have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to put the country in lockdown.
Celebrities such as Lalla Hirayama, Ayanda Thabethe, Thandiswa Mazwai and Khanyi waited with bated breath to hear Ramaphosa address the nation on Sunday. His speech was, however, postponed, leaving many people furious and others deeply concerned.
The president’s address will take place at 10am on Monday. Lalla was one of the first to rant about the postponement on Twitter. Wait, so this presidential address is about all leaders saying they agree with Cyril’s statement on Wednesday. You got all the people together just to say ‘we agree’? WHAT ABOUT SHUTDOWN??????? #LOCKSOUTHAFRICADOWN,” Lalla tweeted.
After she was accused of being a cynic, she said: “No cynicism here. We understand how chaotic the situation is. But during a pandemic like this, time is of utmost importance. The amount of time it takes government to react can be the difference of communities contracting the virus & many lives lost. Four days for this P.C is not it”.
Wait so this presidential address is about all leaders saying they agree with Cyril’s statement on Wednesday. You got all the people together just to say ‘we agree’? WHAT ABOUT SHUTDOWN??????? #LOCKSOUTHAFRICADOWN #Covid_19SA
— Lalla Hirayama (@Lalla_Hirayama) March 22, 2020
Rapper Rouge defended the president. She reasoned that Ramaphosa was making “life and death” decisions that couldn’t be made in haste or without thorough consultation and thought.
“This is not something small. If he doesn’t give the answers we want everyone is gonna gun for him. This is legit life and death decisions that can’t be made on a whim.”
Listen to Rouge in the video below.
Rapper Rouge defended the president. She reasoned that Ramaphosa was making “life and death” decisions that couldn’t be made in haste or without thorough consultation and thought.
“This is not something small. If he doesn’t give the answers we want everyone is gonna gun for him. This is legit life and death decisions that can’t be made on a whim.”
Listen to Rouge in the video below.
No cynicism here. We understand how chaotic the situation is. But during a pandemic like this, time is of utmost importance. The amount of time it takes government to react can be the difference of communities contracting the virus & many lives lost. 4 days for this P.C is not it
— Lalla Hirayama (@Lalla_Hirayama) March 22, 2020
CLOSE THE COUNTRY!!!
— #UBUSUKUBONKE (@MbauReloaded) March 22, 2020
In other news – Coronavirus in SA: President Cyril Ramaphosa to address the nation today
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s programme for Sunday is dedicated to engagements around the national state of disaster implemented because of the coronavirus outbreak and will end with an address to the nation, the Presidency said.
Ramaphosa was set to begin the day with a consultation with business leaders at the Union Buildings. The engagement forms part of a series of meetings the president has held with various stakeholder constituencies – including communities of faith and the nation’s political leadership – in the week since his declaration of the national state of disaster last Sunday. Read more
Source: Zalebs
