National Corona-virus Command Council to meet soon, says Ramaphosa
South Africans may soon find themselves back on the poverty line. This is after Cyril Ramaphosa alluded that the National Coronavirus Command Council would meet soon.
Briefing the media on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said he was concerned with the rapid increase in the number of Covid-19 especially in the Gauteng Province “When the pandemic started, we did impose a very hard lockdown but with time we’ve had to ease off and now we’re back to level three and the infections are just continuing to rise.”
Gauteng and the NCCC will review the situation. “We’ll continue to see how best we can create that delicate balance between saving lives as well as the livelihoods of our people,” said Ramaphosa.
During level five of the lockdown, thousands of people lost their jobs. Businesses closed down because they were not making a profit.
Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighter, Julius Malema during an interview with Newzroom Africa’s Xoli Mngambi, said Ramaphosa was plotting to take the country to a hard lockdown.
