During the first hours of the national 21-day lockdown mense on the Cape Flats are min gespin and are going about their lives as normal despite government’s calls for people to stay home.
The Daily Voice drove around various communities this morning and found children playing outside and mothers roaming the streets with their babies.
People going on with their lives. Video: Genevieve Serra
In New Horizon in Pelikan Park more than ten children including young men congregated at shops and on street corners, some playing soccer while others smoked their entjies.
Pelikan Park people still going to corner shops. Video: Genevieve Serra
In Town Centre Mitchell's Plain staff who were deemed essential workers because they work for various supermarkets waited for more than an hour for a taxi only to be squashed into a van with 20 other people.
Business as usual in Lavender Hill despite calls for people to stay home. Video: Genevieve Serra
In parts of Grassy Park roads were deserted with the occasional vehicle while it Lavender Hill residents only rushed inside their homes when the Daily Voice team asked why they were still roaming the streets.
One laaitie even asked the reporter if he could run accross the street to buy a pakkie chips.
Mense ignore calls to stay home. Video: Genevieve Serra
Meanwhile, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has once again urged residents to take the lockdown seriously following the first deaths in the country on Friday morning.
South Africa's first two Covid-19 related deaths are from the Western Cape, one at a private hospital and another at a private hospital.
Winde says the 48-year-old woman’s condition worsened while she was in intensive care and the 28-year-old died a day after she was admitted to hospital.
“The 48-year-old woman’s condition worsened while in ICU, and she passed away this morning.
"The 28 year-old was admitted to hospital yesterday and received emergency healthcare. She also passed away this morning."