There’s mayhem in store over who gets to define ‘essential’

06 April 2020 - 06:02
By wendy knowler AND Wendy Knowler
Two shoppers in a Bloemfontein Spar, stocking up for the Covid-19 siege, try to decide if one 18-roll pack of toilet paper will be enough.
Image: Sebabatso Mosamo Two shoppers in a Bloemfontein Spar, stocking up for the Covid-19 siege, try to decide if one 18-roll pack of toilet paper will be enough.

Who gets to say a hairbrush is a non-essential product? 

Thanks to some vague new legislation, it’s hard to know.

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