14/07/2020 | By Admin
Business Leadership South Africa’s Busisiwe Mavuso said business is not happy at all with the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa in an effort to try combat COVID-19 and mitigate spread of the pandemic.
Speaking to Newzroom Afrika following Ramaphosa’s speech on new lockdown restrictions on Sunday evening Mavuso said:”This was a total ambush and if you ambush industries you lose trust. I don’t think the government should take such decisions without consulting parties that will be affected.”
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