'It's worse than Christmas': Durban car guard on panic buying

Members of the public queued outside, trolleys at the ready, while security officers restricted the number of people allowed into stores, in line with government's regulation of not more than 100 people being allowed to gather in one place.

“It's payday. What do people do when they get paid? They go out to buy groceries. Some people are really taking it to the extreme, like we're going to be locked down for six months or something.”Marius Pietersen, 24, a car guard in Queensburgh, south of Durban, said after President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement of a lockdown on Monday, shopping centres had been packed.

“People are scared to even open their windows. Social distancing is a big thing and you cannot blame them.”“I'm not sure what's going to happen, but I don't think there will be much work for us. We'll just have to wait and see.”

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