Shoppers and staff at COVID-19 risk in this store

Re COVID-19

I would like to say that today I was shopping in Checkers Rondebosch (where I usually shop) and none of the staff were wearing any protective gear - neither gloves nor masks. I think this turns this shop it a high risk store with the potential to be a place where the virus could be easily spread.

This is very concerning to me. I know a lot of very high risk people who might in good faith shop there or order from there

Shops managers/head office have stopped their staff wearing protective wear saying it is not part of ‘the work uniform’. The staff I spoke to said that they felt unprotected and unsafe.

Is this legal? This is not following national protocol and places both workers and the public at risk. Ramaphosa in his recent address, correctly identified shop staff, garage staff and all medical staff, as being ‘frontline’ workers - people to whom we are indebted at this time. It is not right that we place them at risk, and by doing so, we also place ourselves at risk.

Every other shop I went to this morning had staff in protective gear (gloves and masks).

Sincerely T LB