No one charged for funeral COVID-19 non-compliance
Thursday, October 08, 2020
This comes after videos went viral on social media platforms showing some of the BDP members together with the party secretary general who is also the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mpho Balopi singing hymns during the send-off of the activist Gape Tanjo.
During the send-off ceremony in Tutume village, a horde of BDP members did not adhere to the COVID-19 protocols to an extent that the same crowd surpassed the set number of 50 people per funeral protocol.
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