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

April 06, 2020 at 06:02 am

Wendy Knowler

Consumer journalist

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. — 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. (Sebabatso Mosamo)

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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