Big Brother will be watching you, SA, but he can’t hear your chats

Justice minister Ronald Lamola has to appoint a 'Covid-19 judge' to oversee the tracing and tracking of people suspected to have contracted the virus.

Image: 123RF/ANDRIY Justice minister Ronald Lamola has to appoint a 'Covid-19 judge' to oversee the tracing and tracking of people suspected to have contracted the virus.

Cellphone firms will provide the government with the location and movement of anyone known, or reasonably suspected to have, contracted Covid-19.

But they will not disclose the content of conversations.

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