As of 1 May, a national curfew from 20:00 to 05:00 will be in place and it will be applicable to everyone except essential workers traveling to and from work. The country is expected to move from a Level 5 to a Level 4 lockdown, allowing limited economic activity but[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has shed light on what the country’s new reality will look like when the lockdown continues beyond the end of April, albeit in another format. South Africans entered the lockdown at midnight on 26 March to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was expected to[…]
In what is surely the government’s most ambitious social spending effort in the democratic era, potentially reaching the pockets of millions of impoverished and vulnerable South Africans, President Cyril Ramaphosa outlined a massive R500 billion social and economic spending plan on Tuesday to buffer some of the effects of the[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa will make “serious decisions” about the lockdown after considering all options based on scientific modelling and advice as well as the possible economic repercussions of the nationwide shutdown. Jackson Mthembu, the minister in the presidency, told News24 Ramaphosa had not yet taken a decision whether the current[…]
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) that have been crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic need an immediate lifeline if they are to survive and recover after the lockdown is lifted. A group of businesses, led by Willowton Group and Al Baraka Bank, have joined forces to provide this urgently needed[…]
A group of organisations representing informal traders has called on government to provide relief and financial assistance to workers during the lockdown period. The grouping also includes domestic workers, farmworkers and sex workers. Dr Basani Baloyi, of Inequality Lead, says they have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa and have drawn[…]
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA ON ESCALATION OF MEASURES TO COMBAT COVID-19 EPIDEMIC UNION BUILDINGS, TSHWANE 23 MARCH 2020 My fellow South Africans, It is a week since we declared the coronavirus pandemic a national disaster and announced a package of extraordinary measures to combat this grave public health emergency.[…]
It seems a national shutdown has formed part of discussions between President Cyril Ramaphosa and smaller opposition parties. Several opposition leaders met with the president at the Union Buildings on Sunday, where they shared their views on the country’s battle against the novel coronavirus. The meeting came amid reports that[…]
With South Africa’s economy already feeling the pinch of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that government is on the verge of finalising a comprehensive package of interventions to mitigate the expected impact. The president announced this in an address to the nation on Sunday after he called[…]
A proposal to cut the state’s wage bill by R160.2 billion over three years as Treasury warns of ever-rising debt repayment costs, was one of the key announcements in the 2020 Budget. “For the credibility of our fiscal stance, that R160 billion or so needs to be found,” Mboweni told[…]
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