Cyril Ramaphosa this evening addressed the nation on the continuing efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The president said there were 1,934 cases of Covid-19 in South Africa on Thursday and the lockdown had slowed down the rate of increase, which he said “does represent real progress”.
Ramaphosa said that if government ended the lockdown too soon, the progress gained would be lost. He called on South Africans to be willing to endure another 14 days.
The president said that he, the deputy president and other public office bearers, including premiers, had said they would take a one-third pay cut over the next three months as a donation to the Solidarity Fund. “You have understood that we must do everything in our power to