Government will begin easing a lockdown that has devastated the economy from next month, and assess the levels of restrictions that need to remain in place in towns and provinces based on the risks posed by the coronavirus.
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Government plans to spend R500-billion shoring up an economy devastated by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and supporting those who’ve been worst affected.
Eskom has declared force majeure – unforeseen circumstances that prevent the fulfilment of a contract – on one of its biggest coal suppliers, Exxaro Resources, setting the stage for possible legal action.
South Africa will gradually ease regulations in various sectors to restart activity after the national lockdown and will work on fast-tracking some structural reforms to help the economy recover.
It’s not only the economy at stake. South African society is also at risk if the government extends a five-week lockdown without allowing more industries to get back to work.
Government is holding firm in a pay dispute with labour unions that represent more than 1.2 million workers, denying them promised increases.
Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub will donate a third of his salary to the Solidarity Fund created to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.
South Africans will have to endure at least another two weeks of the national Covid-19 lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphose announced on Thursday evening that the lockdown will be extended until the end of April.
Suspended communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has expressed profuse regret for recently breaching the country’s Covid-19 lockdown regulations. Watch her apology here.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed his communications minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, on “special leave” for two months for flouting national lockdown regulations.