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South African minister disciplined for 'lockdown lunch'

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Reuters
08 April, 2020, 04:45 pm
Last modified: 08 April, 2020, 04:46 pm

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South African minister disciplined for 'lockdown lunch'

According to the rules of the lockdown, people are only allowed to leave their homes for essential tasks like buying food or seeking medical help

Reuters
08 April, 2020, 04:45 pm
Last modified: 08 April, 2020, 04:46 pm
Shoppers queue to stock up on groceries at a Pick n Pay store during a nationwide lockdown of 21 days to try to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Shoppers queue to stock up on groceries at a Pick n Pay store during a nationwide lockdown of 21 days to try to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa put the communications minister on "special leave" for two months, one of which will be unpaid, on Wednesday for breaking the rules of a countrywide lockdown and having lunch with a former official.

Ramaphosa acted after a picture of Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams at the lunch emerged on social media, angering South Africans confined to their homes during the 21-day lockdown that started on March 27 to rein in the coronavirus outbreak.

According to the rules of the lockdown, people are only allowed to leave their homes for essential tasks like buying food or seeking medical help. Police arrested more than 17,000 people during the first few days of the lockdown, many for violating the rules.

"The president strongly believes that no one, including the minister, is above the law," Ramaphosa's spokeswoman, Khusela Diko, said.

"He says none of us should undermine our national effort to save lives in this very serious situation."

The country's largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, had called on Ramaphosa to fire Ndabeni-Abrahams and lay a criminal complaint against her over the "lockdown lunch".

Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu will act as communications minister while Ndabeni-Abrahams is on leave.

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