ANC Caucus Condemns DA’s Call To End Lockdown As ‘Reckless and Childish’

The ANC Caucus has condemned DA interim leader John Steenhuisen’s call to end the nationwide lockdown amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The party’s chief whip Pemmy Majodina said the levels of incitement by the DA Leader and his calls for civil disobedience cannot go unchallenged and remain reckless and childish.

“Politicizing COVID – 19 interventions smacks of high levels of political immaturity and should be dismissed with the contempt they deserve”, said ANC Chief Whip, Pemmy Majodina.

South Africa has so far recorded over 9 400 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 186 deaths. The Western Cape, the only province run by the DA, remains the country’s epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, having reported 4,809 cases and 95 deaths as of Saturday.

Although the country eased the nationwide lockdown from level five to level four on May 1, allowing certain businesses to resume operations, the ANC has urged Cape Town and other