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Residents of a rural Rastafarian village called Ethiopia near Siyabuswa in the former KwaNdebele in Mpumalanga have described the outbreak of theThe cannabis smoking community has been residing on the banks of a river in Waterval for over 20 years.There have no masks, gloves or sanitisers at the village to curb the potential spread of the pandemic.

She also says the outbreak and the resulting lockdowns have given mother nature an opportunity to cleanse herself. “If you’re aware, there’s not lot of cars moving around, the aeroplanes have stopped moving and people are literally not littering anymore. So mother nature is at least exhaling some of the toxins and would probably give us more oxygen because that is what we need in this time. And we need to pray for more rain because without rain in our tradition you cannot wash away viruses and diseases.”SA lockdown extended by two weeksRamaphosa announced this in a television address on Thursday evening.

Who said is former. It's still kwaNdebele

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