Statement of the Cabinet Meeting of 20 April 2020

Statement on the Special Cabinet Meeting of Monday,20 April 2020 

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A virtual Special Capinet Meeting was held on Monday,20 April 2020,to among other things,deliberate on the consolidated report on the socio-economic recovery plan post the Covid-19 National Lockdown.

During the virtual Special Capinet Meeting help last Wednesday,the chairperson of the five clusters-(1) Economic Sectors, Investment, Employment and Infrastructure Development;(2) Governance,State Capicity and Institutional Development; (3) Social Protection, Community and Human Development; (4) International Cooperation,Trade and Security; and (5) Justice, Crime Prevention and Security-were directed to revisit their submission and consolidate them into one report.

This was the third meeting of the Cabinet in one week and on the 19 April 2020 The President co-ordinating council agreed to the gradual easing of regulations after the lockdown period in to an effort containing the Covid-19 pandemic.

 The consolidated submission aim to guide the country on the practical ways to reignite economic growth and also proposes government intervention to deal with the socio-economic hardship caused by the Covid-19 national lockdown, particularly the absence of the economic.

Cabinet was satisfied with the proposals presented on the 20 of April on how to assist the country interms of Socio-economic measures.

FUll SPEECH|Covid-19 Crisis Will Not Last  Forever,but Impact Need Extraordinary budget-Ramaphosa.

Click the link to get the Full Speech of President Ramaphosa as he was addressing the nation on Further Economic and Social Measures in Response The Covid-19 Epidemic Union Building Tshwane 21 April 2020

www.thepresidency.gov.za

The dropping rates of Graduators of 2021

Universities prepare for online teaching and learning

18 April 2020

Despite different in resourcing, traditional and comprehensive public universities in South Africa, physically shuttered since 16 March owing to the nationwide lockdown,are doing their best to honour their pledge to complete the 2020 academic year,with most announcing the switch to online teaching and learning activities with effect from Monday 20 April.

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At a meeting of the Universities South Africa Board of Directors on 24 March,vice-chancellor of public universities made a "consensus commitment" to do all in their power to complete the 2020 academic year,and adhere to a common reopening date across the system-20 April.

Those announcing their intention to resume academic programs online on Monday include the University of the Witwatersrand, Stellenbosch University,the University of Cape Town,the University of Pretoria, University of the Free State,the University of Johannesburg,the University of the Western Cape and Rhodes University.North-West University said on its website it will start on 22 April,and Nelson Mandela University on 28 April.

Most of the Universities' schedule include a period of orientation for students.

The University of KwaZulu-Natal staff told University World News they are working towards a tentative start date of 4 May, although some teaching and learning was already under way.

The University of KwaZulu-Natal was hard hit by violent student protests at the start of the academic year in January which shut down some campuses and halted the academic programs.It had only just started"settings to normality",as it's vice-chancellor,Professor Nana Poku, said in a recent letter to parents, when the coronavirus shutdowns struck.

*University World News--Africa is planning more coverage of these issues as they relate to universities of technology and other universities.

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#Will they go back to school??

Expert says school should be scrapped amid leaked proposal

2020-04-18

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A department of Basic Education draft proposal allegedly states that some pupil could return to school as early as 6 May.

In what seems to be a battle of opinion regarding the 2020 school year, an expert has said it should be scrapped completely,while a Department of Basic Education (DBE) draft proposal-said to be leaked-states that the school year could resume in three weeks in time.

According to SowetanLIVE, the "back-to-school" instruction came from proposals contained in the DBE's draft post- COVID-19 lockdown recovery plan. However,when The South African contacted DBE spokesperson Elijah Mahlangu,he said he had no knowledge of document.

Pupil allegedly return to school on these dates.

According to the DBE, "draft proposal",South Africans pupils in grade 12 and Seven will be the first to return to school on 6 May-should President Cyril Ramaphosa ease the lockdown at the end of the month.

These are the tentative dates for pupil to return to school:

• Grade 12 and 3__6May;
• Grade 11 and 6__20 May;
• Grade 10 and 5__3 June;
• Grade 9 and 4__17 June;
• Grade 8 and 3__1 July;
• Grade 2 and 1__8 July; and
• Grade R__15 July.

The document stated that the phased-in approach"will be closely managed and monitored" and that the next two grades will be brought in b

ased on how the school is coping with the management of the number of pupils,space and the hygienic requirements.

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LOCKDOWN EXTENDED
12 April 2020
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President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announced that the 21 day nationwide lockdown,to curb the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus, would be extended by an additional two weeks.

Cases overview

Family Accuse Police of Murdering Man in Alexandra During Covid-19 lockdown.

A family is calling for justice after a man died allegedly at the hands of law enforcement officers in Alexandra.The family of Collins Khosa is demanding answers and accusing police and SANDF officials for assaulting him while enforcing coronavirus lockdown regulations, yesterday.

The police and defence force are yet to detail their version of events.

Laster Khosa (brother) claims an altercation ansued after officials began hitting members of the household with sjambok and then proceed to drag Khosa outside.

"They kicked him and beat him against the wall"

Khosa says his brother was later found dead in his bedroom after suffering from internal injuries.

Lockdown:Two Cape Town Cops Busted For Buying Booze.

Cele visited Paarl and Cape Town's Northern Suburbs on Saturday on a tour to inspect shopping.

Two Cape Town police officers have been arrested for allegedly buying alcohol during the national lockdown.  Asupermarket manager and cashier's were also arrested.

The incident took place in Delft on Thursday around 11:00 when the two officers allegedly attempted to buy liquor to the value of R4 000.

The two officers are stationed at Strand police station and have been charged under the Disaster Management Act.

Day 10 SA Lockdown

Newsreview

05 April 2020

South African day 10 of lockdown

South Africa Covid-19 cases now at 1 655 with 11 death.

The provincial breakdown:
Gauteng 704
Western Cape 454
KwaZulu-Natal 246
Free State 87
Limpopo 31
Mpumalanga 18
North West 11
Northern Cape 8
Eastern Cape 31
Unallocated 77

South African Rand (ZAR)Exchange Rates.

Entertainment

Johannesburg- with over a third of the worlds population currently under some form of movement restriction due to Covid-19,many musicians have joined in on spreading the message of staying at home.

Some have even gone as far as creating coronavirus porody songs to urge their fans to be safe not only for themselves but also for their loved one in order to fight a pandemic that has brought all corners of our lives to a halt.

https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/coronavirus.outbreak-national-disaster.

South Africa now has over 900 coronavirus cases

Coronavirus review 08:15am

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is a infectious disease caused by a new virus.The first case of coronavirus infection was found in early December 2019.The first known out break of coronavirus was detected in Wuhan,China in mid-December 2019.The virus subsequently spread to other provinces of Mainland China and other countries including Thailand,Japan,Taiwan,South Korea,France, Australia and the United States.

Earlier this year when the first reports of the coronavirus started to come out of China,global health officials said they were worried about what would happen if the virus started spreading in Africa,where many health system are struggling.

Well,now the coronavirus is spreading in Africa.

So far the number of reported cases are high and they are increasing, many countries in Africa are responding aggressive to the pandemic. Regional experts says a widespread pandemic in Africa would cripple the continent's frigile health-care system and be devastating economically.
The coronavirus pandemic spread to South Africa, with the first confirmed case announced on 5 March 2020 by Minister of health Zweli Mkhize.With the dramatically increasing number of Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa, President Cryl Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster with a partial travel ban, travel advisories, discouraging public transport the closing of schools and prohibited gathering of more than 100 people.The number of people being infected with Covid-19 continue to rise.Mr Ramaphosa held a meeting with the National Command Council at the Union Building at Pretoria on Sunday the 22 of March.Discussions at the meeting relate to progress made in the implementation of regulation to curb the disease.

On the 23 of March 2020, Ramaphosa issued a national stay-at-home order lasting 21 days from the 26 March to 16 April. As of 26 March 2020,there were a total of 927 confirmed cases up from 709 and no deaths.
Police Minister Bheki Cele gazetted strict new rule as part of the disaster Management Act, which read that all liquor (bars, shebeens and licenced restaurant) must be closed between 18:00 and 09:00 the next morning on weekdays and Saturdays; and from 13:00 and public holidays.

Public transport operators will have adhere to strict regulations during the 21 days,nationwide lockdown including limiting their passengers, sanitising their vehicles and wearing marks during trips. Metros and districts is prohibited,buses will only operate when transporting workers who perform essential services between 5am and 9am, and again from 4pm to 8pm. How ever, lockdown restricted-that travel is only allowed when purchasing food,medicine, seeking medical care or those performing essential services-apply to anyone on the road said the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula.

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