The time for caution is now, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday night as he warned the country about a Covid-19 resurgence during the festive season. “The festive season is approaching. Schools and places of higher learning have…
BY STHEMBILE CELE President Cyril Ramaphosa will next week receive the first report from the multidisciplinary “fusion centre” which has been tasked with dealing with Covid-19 related corruption. “They will also report on a six-weekly…
SA has all the ingredients to recover from the economic damage caused by Covid-19, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday, adding that recovery has to start now. Writing in his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa acknowledged the severity of…
One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane believes it is better to lose the school academic year than to lose lives. Maimane, together with his One South Africa movement, is appealing against a judgment of the full bench of the North Gauteng…
“The sale, dispensing and distribution of alcohol will be suspended with immediate effect.” This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa during a national address on Sunday night. He said this was to make sure that hospital beds were…
Ramaphosa to address the nation as Covid-19 storm threatens to engulf health system A reintroduction of the night-time curfew, tightening regulations on the sale of alcohol, limiting movement between provinces and enforcing a limited load…
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned on Monday of a job loss tsunami in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown. Ramaphosa, in his weekly newsletter, focused on the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It was inevitable for people’s…
The Solidarity Fund has approved R17m in funding for initiatives that support victims of gender-based violence as part of its efforts to assist those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The fund, established by President Cyril Ramaphosa in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the surge in murders of women and children in SA, saying it has been “a dark and shameful week for us as a nation”. He called on Saturday all South Africans to end the culture of silence around…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans not to be alarmed and to prepare for an expected rapid increase in Covid-19 infections. Writing in his weekly newsletter, the president noted that more than half of all cases of…
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has moved to allay fears that a shortage of testing kits and a backlog at labs will hamper government’s efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. Mkhize made the remarks at a press conference on Tuesday.…
Buffalo City, which the government has identified as a Covid-19 hotspot area, could be returned to lockdown alert level 4 if infection rates continue to rise. Health minister Zweli Mkhize, who briefed the National Council of Provinces on…
‘Tragically some 429 people have lost their lives’ President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday evening that there were 22,583 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country and 429 deaths. Ramaphosa was giving an update on the government’s…
SA Breweries (SAB) said on Sunday it had put forward several proposals to government on the regulated sale of alcohol under level 3 lockdown to avoid scenes witnessed in India where consumers clamoured to buy alcohol when the booze ban…
Insiders at the meeting say the president told them business wants the country to skip level 3 and go straight to level 2 President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to have told leaders of opposition parties that he was under “great pressure” from…
