Round up: Are KwaTsaDuza residents adhering to national lock down regulations?
"People have been enjoying their movement, but now they have to be confined to their homes all day."
KwaThema – With many people uncertain what to do during the lockdown, it would seem many are so far abiding by the law.
Many shops are closed at KwaThema Square, with only food stores operating, and customers queuing outside to abide by the social-distancing rule.
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Deep Levels resident Nomsa Sibaya says: “I came out today because I needed to purchase food for my family.
“But with everything that has been going on, I am happy that people are staying at home, even here at Square there are not as many people as one would find normally.
“Shopping is a bit slow because we have to queue outside, only a few people are allowed in.
“But I am glad with how they are going out of their way to ensure people are adhering to the social-distancing rule.”
According to Brig Vish Naidoo, national spokesperson for the SAPS, the police force was met with some resistance from the public in the first two days of the lockdown.
“The greater majority are compliant now, but we did not start off well.
He says the SAPS made around 1 108 lockdown-related arrests, nationally, on Friday.
“Over the weekend, we arrested more people.
“As a nation, we have entered non-chartered territory.
“People have been enjoying their movement, but now they have to be confined to their homes all day.”
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He admits that is not easy for residents to adjust to the stringent regulations.
“But people are starting to realise the severity of this virus.”
Also, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) made social grant payments to the elderly and people with disabilities on Monday and Tuesday.
Pensioner Matilda Msimango woke up early to beat the queues at Ekhaya Centre on Monday.
“There was already quite a lot of people, but they adhered to regulations and stood about a metre apart.”
Unfortunately, after waiting her turn for more than six hours, Msimango went back home without collecting her pension.
On the same day, queues at Tsakane Mall stretched past the gates onto the road.
On Tuesday, there was calm at the KwaThema Post Office, where pensioners waited to collect their grants.
There were facilitators present with sanitising sprays for hands, and chairs for the elders to sit on while waiting.
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