Title:
Revealed: what doctors advised Mkhize about taxis, the lockdown and schools
Author:
Katharine Child
Published:
Financial Mail, 28 August 2020
https://www.businesslive.co.za/amp/fm/features/2020-08-28-revealed-what-doctors-advised-mkhize-about-taxis-the-lockdown-and-schools/
From the article:
The government’s lethargy in taking the doctors’ advice on the lockdown restrictions looks even worse if one considers that so little of the promised R500bn economic stimulus package has been delivered. For example, a key part of the stimulus is a R200bn loan guarantee scheme. But even though it was designed to help an estimated 700,000 businesses, only 10,000 companies had been granted these loans by the beginning of August. And the Temporary Employment Relief Scheme, meant to make up any shortfall in salaries due to Covid-19, was suspended due to fears of fraud.