Ramaphosa’s murky speech was him trying to control the narrative.

JOHANNESBURG – As South Africans continue to capture President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech since Wednesday night, analysts described his statement as vague and murky.

The country has been on the brink of a series of blockade regulations that have been in place since the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across the country in March.

President Ramaphosa spoke for a long time last night, but said very little.

There is an increasing frustration of some sectors of the society by the closing rules that have prohibited the sale of cigarettes, alcohol and have imposed the curfew.

Independent social analyst Tessa Dooms said Ramaphosa had not taken the opportunity to offer clarity on the justification for some of the conditions.

“We are not clear on what the fundamentals are. We are not clear on whether there is public pressure, we are not clear on whether in the economic recession, we do not know what drives decision-making and is exemplified by the issue of cigarette sales. Prohibition.”

Ramaphosa went so far as to apologize for the mistakes made by the government during the shutdown. However, Dooms said that without specifying such errors, the nation remained in the dark.

“Although he knew he had nothing conclusive to say about what the next step was in terms of level 3, it was him trying to control the narrative again.”

There is growing discontent that the COVID-19 national command council has not revealed some of the models and projections that inform government decisions.

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