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Apr 24, 2020 17 tweets 11 min read
THREAD: Save #LivesAndLivelihoods #EndTheLockdown [1/17]

A letter to the Friends of the IRR: Lift lockdown to save #LivesAndLivelihoods

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Dear Friend of the IRR,

Last night President Ramaphosa announced how the government planned to extend South Africa’s economic lockdown. The government plans to follow a system with five levels of lockdown.