Pleasedontdothat is that Stacy Dooley? 
The tide against lockdown is definitely turning in South Africa. Some of the politicians there went on an insane power trip and promptly banned cigarettes and alcohol and arrested surfers while ignoring the mounting body count of murdered women and children.
Initally lockdown was quite well supported - President Ramaphosa is quite a reassuring presence and people were understandably scared. Then it split a bit roughly along racial lines - black South Africans being more likely to support the ruling party and white South Africans tending to be relatively right-wing and pro-economy.
Reality has bitten very, very quickly there, in a country with a huge wealth divide and little in the way of social security. No furlough schemes and job losses were quickly felt, with many people reduced to relying on food parcels but these were by no means reaching everyone. The promised grant of a whole £16 a month has failed to materialise for most.
I'm not even sure what the lockdown was for as they've had to ease it while cases are still on the rise - hardly surprising in a country where people live in informal settlements, travel in cramped minibuses and often don't have acces to decent sanitation. The Gauting premier (the region where Johannesburg is located and the economic heartland of SA) has suggested another hard lockdown.
The howls of outrage have now been pretty unanimous from the public. Everyone knows that they can't take it any more, another full lockdown will equal mass starvation.
Sorry, appreciate this might not be that interesting to anyone other than me but just thought I'd share.