A man from Cape Town who is facing a criminal charge for spreading fake news, which is against the COVID-19 Disaster Management Regulation 11 (5), has vowed to “go to war” to those who laid charges against him.
The man, who identifies himself on Facebook as Stephen Donald Birch, has posted several videos on his social media accounts where he calls the global coronavirus fake.
Birch believes that the virus is caused by the installation of 5G, which simply put, is just faster internet.
He continues by accusing President Cyril Ramaphosa of enforcing the lockdown to install these 5 G towers to use facial recognition for the State to monitor our every move.
In his latest video, which landed him in legal trouble, he accused the government of using contaminated test kits to give people the virus. In his viral video, he urged people not to be tested.
On Monday the DA, which governs the Western Cape, laid charges against Birch in the hope that it would send out a strong message to South Africans that fake news would not be allowed.
The mass community screening and testing was rolled out in various parts of the country on Monday, including the Eastern Cape.
The screening is of the utmost importance to government as it will guide health officials on whether or not certain people would need to be isolated.
The DA’s Shadow Minister of Health, Siviwe Gwarube said this will assist those South Africans who live in densely populated informal settlements who cannot afford to self-isolate.
She said, therefore, advising people against testing is destructive and criminal.
Birch has since been arrested and is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Buffalo City Metro (BCM) will start with its first public testing on Tuesday.
The province is currently sitting at 32 positive cases with seven of these within the BCM area.
Testing and screening will start at the Kings Mall Taxi rank in Gonubie, before moving to Beacon Bay, Duncan Village Mdantsane and the Bhisho until the 21st of April.
As of Monday, 12 people have died from COVID-19.
