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When President Cyril Ramaphosa took the country from adjusted alert level 3 right down to level 1, many breathed a sigh of relief. It means the economy has opened up more – and heaven knows we need it, with a staggering 7,2 million people out of work. But it’s also a little scary. The day after the adjustment, roads were busier than they’d been in months. In a sweltering Cape Town, the beaches were packed. It may be easy to be lulled into a sense of security – numbers are down, the vaccine rollout has slowly but surely begun, the sun is shining. But the horror of the second wave is still fresh in our minds and the threat of a third wave is hovering like a tsunami, waiting for an…
