Government and Politics
Government and Politics
Full Speech: Ramaphosa eases SA to Level 3 Lockdown
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on South Africa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Union Buildings, Tshwane 24 May 2020 – 12:00am Fellow compatriots, Ri perile, Dumelang, Sanibonani, Molweni, Ndi madekwana, Gooie naand, Good evening. It is exactly 10 weeks since we declared a national state of disaster in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, […]
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Higher Education Gears up for Restart in June
South Africa – On Saturday, the Minister of Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Blade Nzimande cleared the path and gave a go ahead for the resumption of tertiary education and vocational training before President Cyril Ramaphosa’s national address on Sunday. At a time when the number of coronavirus infections are on the rise […]
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Minister Gives Green Light to the Reopening of Schools
South African schools are set to resume in June since Covid-19-induced closure late March due to the fear of the spread of the pandemic. The Minister of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) Angie Motshekga said Tuesday night that schools will reopen on June 1, 2020. Because of the phased-in approach restarting of the economy […]
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Schools to reopen in June
Owing to the increase of Covid-19 infection cases, education in South Africa is set to restart in June, according to Ministers of Education. The resumption of the restructured 2020 academic programme will be guided by science, they emphasized. Dr. Blade Nzimande, the Minister of Higher Education and Training said that the tertiary tier of education […]
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Full Speech: Government’s Gradual Lockdown, Stage 4
SA President Cyril Ramaphosa Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on South Africa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Union Buildings, Tshwane 23 April 2020 – 12:00am My Fellow South Africans, It has been exactly seven weeks since the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed in our country. Since then, all our lives have changed in […]
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Full Speech: R500bn Socio-economic Relief
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA ON FURTHER ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES IN RESPONSE THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC 21 APRIL 2020 My Fellow South Africans, It is 25 days since South Africa began a nation-wide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. It has demanded of you great fortitude and endurance. It has caused you much […]
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World rallies to plug the WHO financial hole US left
Image above – Left to right: Dr. Tedros Adhamon Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General receiving US$5m from Ambassador Vaqif Sadiqov, Azerbaijan’s representative to UN, on March 13, 2020 to support WHO’s efforts to combat Covid-19. “When we are divided, the virus exploits the cracks between us” – Dr. Ghebreyesus Updated April 19, 2020 | […]
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Germany pledges R40, 5m to SA as cases jump to 554
Germany has pledged a total of R40, 5m to support efforts to combat the onslaught of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in South Africa. The German government, through its Ambassador in SA, Martin Schaefer, initially donated R2, 5m to help the country with health-related supplies. Speaking to Newzroom Africa on Monday Mar. 23, Schaefer disclosed yet […]
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President Announces a Slew of Restrictive Measures Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
After protracted consultations, coaxing, urging, waiting and long hearts, the President of the Republic of South Africa (RSA) Mr Cyril Ramaphosa strode to the podium on Sunday evening at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the seat of government, to talk candidly to the nation at the height of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic and the actions […]
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SA dispatchs plane to repatriate citizens in China
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa bid farewell to a special team at OR Tambo International airport tonight dispatched to repatriate citizens from coronavirus-hit mainland China. When the novel coronavirus broke out in the city of Wuhang, students, teachers and other SA expatriates pleaded with the government to be evacuated from China. Coronavirus causes Covid-19, the […]
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