News24.com | EDITORIAL | Ramaphosa was majestic, now the rest of us must follow
Having been accused of lethargy early on in his term, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reaction to the Covid-19 crisis has been remarkable and perfect.
Having been accused of lethargy early on in his term, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reaction to the Covid-19 crisis has been remarkable and perfect.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a public health management programme to increase screening, testing, contact tracing and medical management to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
On Monday night President Cyril Ramaphosa became a wartime president. He showed South Africans that the only way home is to unite around a single purpose - to defeat the Covid-19 disease, writes Pieter du Toit.
The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation has lauded the donation made by South Africa's most successful business families into a fund to combat Covid-19's impacts.
The fund would pay out workers at a flat rate of R3 500 rand a month, according to a proposal seen by Bloomberg and confirmed by the Congress of South African Trade Unions.
Human Rights Watch has accused Egyptian security forces of torturing children in jails.
Authorities in northeast Nigeria have banned visitors from camps housing tens of thousands of people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency, in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The DA has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement of a nationwide lockdown, saying Covid-19 is "the biggest threat our country has faced in its 26 years of democracy".
This comes as countries around the world scramble to pass economic rescue packages as the impact of the virus severely constrains economic activity.
South Africans arriving home from high-risk countries will have to be quarantined for 14 days, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced.
Amid persistent questions over Italy's growing death toll, experts warn other countries could soon be in its position.
The new coronavirus pandemic is clearly "accelerating", the World Health Organisation has warned.
Three people scooped the Daily Lotto jackpot of R111 000 in the draw on Monday.
The most notable measure was the prohibition of South Africans from leaving their homes unless for essential purposes.
A large group of people were said to have arrived by taxi to illegally occupy a housing development under construction in Cape Town's Eersterivier.
Read the full statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the 21-day national lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Angela Merkel is "doing well" in self-imposed quarantine and awaiting further coronavirus testing after a first result came back negative, her spokesperson says.
A staff member at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has tested positive for the coronavirus - the first confirmed case at the university.
The Malian government says it has many times more ventilators available for dealing with coronavirus than an official document indicates.
The Garden Route District Municipality is closing all its resorts.
The acting chief of the army, Major General Mannetijes de Goede, has apparently told his senior officers that the situation in the country is "serious” and that preparations for a "total shutdown" should be accelerated.
DA leader John Steenhuisen is set to launch a dedicated coronavirus information channel.
Scientists across the world are racing to develop a vaccine against Covid-19, with first human trial already under way.
Major travel restrictions and school closures are just a few of the changes being felt on the ground as the continent grapples with the effects of Covid-19.
The Department of Health is in the process of contact tracing, and those identified as close contacts of the four have been asked to quarantine themselves for two weeks.
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