EFF leader Julius Malema has launched a scathing attack on government, instructing his members to defy lockdown regulations until more coronavirus vaccines were procured.

This call came just hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the country would move to level three lockdown regulations during a third wave of Covid-19 infections.

The regulations include restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings, notes a TimesLIVE report.

‘From today, we don’t listen to what Ramaphosa says about the coronavirus. We don’t comply with nonsense he says about the coronavirus until he gives us vaccine and vaccinates our people because he has no intention of vaccinating our people. The Russians have offered vaccine but they refused it.’

He said the country’s youth had nothing to celebrate as unemployment statistics had reached an all-time high of 64%.

To rectify this, the economy needed to be opened and the nation vaccinated, according to Malema.

‘The unemployed youth of SA need jobs. Level three will not give them jobs, reducing gatherings will not give them jobs. What will give them jobs is a vaccine and opening of the country so they can go hunting. They are not lazy to hunt.'

Malema also used the rally to launch an attack on the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra). He said his members would protest at the homes of those responsible for vaccines.

‘This Friday, we are at Sahpra because we want vaccines. Failure to respond in seven days, you must find the address of the home of the CEO of Sahpra. It is personal like that. There will be a sleep-in at his house until vaccines are provided by this government.’

Full TimesLIVE report