Business organisations start campaign to end lockdown completely
13 August 2020
Business organisations in South Africa are coming together in a campaign to end lockdown. They are not satisfied by lockdown moving from one level to another and want to make it clear that business is insisting on a complete end to lockdown.
Signatories so far represent more than 50 000 members and include the LWO Employers Organisation, National Employers Association of South Africa, Restaurant Association of South Africa, SAAI, Sakeliga, TLU SA, and others to be confirmed.
Called Business for Ending Lockdown, the campaign has a simple declaration:
The lockdown is causing a humanitarian disaster. As business organisations, businesses, and businesspeople, we demand for the sake of all in South Africa that the government: