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Thousands trek back to work in Gauteng
By: illovuonline news team
04-05-2020
Image: supplied
A traffic officer scans a taxi for signs of any violation of lockdown laws at the N1 roadblock at the Carousel Toll Paza.
On a chilly Friday night near the Carousel Toll Plaza, north of Pretoria, a contingent of about 100 police and traffic officers, nurses and SA National Defence Force medics are hard at work at a major roadblock.
Red and blue emergency lights are flashing along a stretch of the N1 beyond the toll plaza, to intensify the battle against the spread of coronavirus infections.
It’s the first day of the seven-day grace period in which travelling between provinces is permitted for nonessential work in over a month.
For some drivers on the road it’s time to panic, start rolling down the windows and fumble as nurses armed with flashlights, surgical masks and gloves point a thermometer gun at their foreheads.
Traffic volumes were unexpectedly low at the usually busy toll plaza. At around 8.30pm, Tibane Manganye was pulled over and taken for screening at a mobile clinic run by a nurse and an SANDF medic.
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A nervous Manganye listened intently as officers asked questions about his travel.
“Do you know what time is it?” asked one traffic officer.
Manganye said he was not aware of the curfew imposed from May 1, prohibiting the movement of people between 8pm and 5am.
“I wasn’t listening to the radio and I haven’t watched the news today because I have been driving,” he said.
The 36-year-old was one of thousands of people who were stuck in different provinces due to the restrictions of lockdown level 5 on interprovincial travel. Now South Africans have been given a seven-day window to travel beyond provincial borders during level 4 of the lockdown.
Sister Jenny Maluleke from the department of health screens motorist Jerry Ngoepe, who was travelling from Limpopo, at a roadblock.
The roadblock where Manganye was pulled over is one of many that are expected to be set up at the entry points of Gauteng where screening is done and compliance checked.
Manganye and his family had travelled to Limpopo on March 26, the day the lockdown was enforced. He works in Gauteng at Security Management Services and said his annual leave was booked prior to the countrywide lockdown.
“My wife needs to return to work. Her boss called her that she must come back because the lockdown has been relaxed and that we could travel back,” he added.
Standing about a metre away from Manganye, Jenny Maluleke, a nurse from Pretoria West Hospital, fired screening questions.
“Have you left the country over the past month? Are you experiencing a fever? Are you experiencing nausea, coughing, sore throat, or weakness?
“We went to Limpopo because we wanted to spend time with family … I thought it would be safer for my family,” Manganye said.
Maluleke had screened hundreds of travelling motorists on the day, but she was yet to refer anyone for testing.
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