Key Points From Ramaphosa’s Speech

The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the country yesterday night. South Africa is on day 48 of its national lockdown.These were the key points:

-Lockdown has strengthened capacity of our health systems

-9 million screenings and 370 thousand tests done so far

-Vulnerable households have been supported during lockdown

-Uif has paid out over R11 billion to 2 million workers

-Covid19 loan guarantee scheme is processing applications

-3 million South Africans have applied for R350 special grant

-Solidarity fund has raised R2,7 Billion in commitments

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