The approach was criticised as members of the ad hoc committee on Covid-19 engaged in a debate on the committee’s report of its activities over the last eight months.
“The DA leadership was unable to resist the political opportunities the restrictions presented and some DA leaders embraced and promoted herd immunity theories. Now our province faces a surge in infections. The so-called second wave. And as the premier contemplates the need for a local lockdown to contain community transmission, the DA leader says there is no evidence it works.”
Tabling the report, committee chairperson Mireille Wenger said the structured approach the committee adopted had given it “the necessary teeth to really unpack the impact of Covid-19 on the Western Cape”.