In March, our country went into one of the hardest lockdowns in the world – that is, we restricted most civil liberties to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (otherwise known as Covid-19 or colloquially as covivi) – which plunged SA into a historic humanitarian and economic crisis.

A few months after this hard lockdown, which supposedly helped prepare our frail health infrastructure, the government announced measures to cushion firms and households from the harshest effects of the lockdown – namely, stay at home (avoid school, varsity or work), wash your hands regularly or, if you can, sanisitise them, wear a face cloth or mask in public and keep a social distance in the absence of an effective and safe vaccine...