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- Johannesburg residents shared their biggest lessons of 2020 with News24 as the year draws to a close.
- South Africans will welcome the new year from their homes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the nation would move into a tight Level 3 lockdown.
- Joburgers say they feel positive and hopeful that the new year will be better.
The end of the year is generally a time for reflection and as South Africans prepare for the end of 2020, News24 took to the streets of Johannesburg to find out what lessons the locals had learned this year.
On Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the nation would return to an adjusted Level 3 of the Covid-19 shutdown, restricting alcohol sales, social gatherings, and extending the curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. during 14 days. This means that South Africans will end the year indoors.
Nqobile Rallele, a student, said 2020 has been a bittersweet year for her.
She said:
It has been a roller coaster. It has been a combination of positive and negative experiences and this year my biggest lesson has been to expect the unexpected.
She gave the year a grade of five out of 10. “People have not survived financially. We have not been able to attend school as we normally do because of the new normal.”
‘We did it’
He said that despite this, the year had been informative and taught people what life was all about.
Roodepoort resident Laetitia Stuurman said 2020 reminded her of how to manage your money. “This year he taught me how to budget, save and work with money because sometimes it seems that life is easy and that is not the case.”
Stuurman said she was grateful to have come to the end of the year after many people around the world lost their lives to the coronavirus. “We did it! I know 2021 will be better,” he said.
“I’ve learned not to take anything for granted,” said Carlie van Oudtshoorn, a Krugersdorp resident.
Van Oudtshoorn gave 2020 a thumbs down, rating the year five out of 10 because it failed to produce higher than lower. He congratulated Ramaphosa on his handling of the pandemic.
He said:
We have a very good president and I am much more optimistic about 2021 because I hope there is a cure for this virus.
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