The EFF has opposed the mooted lifting of the ban on alcohol
sales when the country moves to level three of the Covid-19 lockdown next
month.
However, the party is mum on the possible end of the ban on
cigarette sales.
“The intention to permit the sale of alcohol will only
worsen the situation because even when there is no effort to contain a
pandemic, alcohol has been responsible for many health-related and social ills
in society,” said EFF spokesperson Vuyani Pambo.
The party on Friday said it was opposed to the reopening of
schools on June 1 unless 11 “non-negotiable” conditions are met by government.
The EFF said schools should remain closed until there is:
A scientific illustration that the spread of the virus has
been contained in SA;
Guaranteed quality health care facilities and systems for
all schools;
Guaranteed infrastructure for teaching and learning,
including additional classrooms which will ensure that the teacher to pupil
ratio is 1:20;
Guaranteed social distancing spaces, including assembly
points and retail food spaces where human contact will be prevented;
Ban of contact sporting activities;
A well-coordinated system of sanitisation and supply of key
essentials which must be administered by the department of health;
Guaranteed clean water supply for all school;
Guaranteed sanitation, emphatically clean toilets for all
schools, including those that did not have toilets before the advent of
Covid-19;
Safe and reliable scholar transport system which will
ensure that pupils keep a social distance;
Technology which will lessen the time pupils spend in
physical schools and integrated into the technological form of teaching and
learning; and
A parliamentary multiparty committee which will verify and
confirm that all schools in all provinces meet these essential preconditions.
The party added that it was also opposed to the gradual
reopening of the economy which they believe only serves the interests of big
business.
According to the EFF, the easing of the lockdown
regulations should only happen when the Covid-19 daily infection rate is below
45 people.
“Currently, daily infections exceed 1,000. The World Health
Organisation (WHO) has already said that SA is not ready to ease the lockdown
regulations,” said Pambo. Times
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