Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has just announced in a statement that the presidency has scheduled a Presidential Coordinating Council meeting for later this afternoon, with Winde joining as one of the nine Premiers in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I will specifically argue for, and provide evidence in support of, letting the National State of Disaster expire in February. I will also call for the scrapping of the 1 meter rule at school to enable an end to rotational learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Western Cape has now officially exited the fourth wave, with evidence clearly pointing to our country entering an \u201cendemic\u201d stage. Our COVID-19 related hospitalisations and deaths remain low, despite the much higher number of cases recorded during the fourth wave. That is why we need to normalise our COVID-19 response, through existing health legislation, and focus our efforts on tackling unemployment in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If we do not scrap the 1 metre rule for schools, specifically, we would be preventing a return to full-time schooling for our children. This would definitely hurt our poorest communities the most, giving effect to a generational catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I look forward to a robust discussion on these and other points, and for a bold statement being made in support of jobless South Africans and our country\u2019s children.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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