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Over the weekend, he met with the Cabinet to discuss how to save lives versus livelihoods.
FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS.
JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to provide details of a wide range of new restrictions Monday night as the country battles a second wave of COVID-19.
Over the weekend, he met with Cabinet to discuss saving lives versus livelihoods.
The speech also comes after a meeting of the national command council and the presidential coordinating council.
Ramaphosa is understood to have also met with the ruling party’s alliance partners.
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It is the economic group’s bid for limited restrictions in the face of health and police department concerns about capacity that Ramaphosa must consider.
This with some provinces already concerned about the growing number of COVID-19 cases as the Christmas season begins.
Ramaphosa, during his last speech to the nation, declared three areas, two in the Eastern Cape and one in the Western Cape, as hotspots.
Now more areas are expected to join the list.
In Gauteng, meanwhile, as numbers rise, there is growing concern about how the province will handle the return of tourists in January.
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Provincial spokesman Vuyo Mhaga said the Gauteng government was already working on this.
“We will continue through the holiday season, but we will run rapid tests when people return so that we can mitigate the number of infections reaching Gauteng.
The Presidency has yet to announce the time of Ramaphosa’s speech on Monday night.
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