{"id":498717,"date":"2021-06-15T15:39:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=498717"},"modified":"2021-06-15T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:39:25","slug":"ramaphosa-to-address-south-africa-this-evening-on-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/498717\/ramaphosa-to-address-south-africa-this-evening-on-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa to address South Africa this evening on lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 20h00 on Tuesday evening (15 June) on developments in the country\u2019s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s address follows a meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Counci (NCCCl), the president\u2019s Coordinating Council and Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As South Africa rolls out its national Covid-19 vaccination programme, government and social partners are continuously monitoring infection, treatment and patient recovery rates, as well as compliance with health regulations and other prevention measures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president\u2019s address will be broadcast and streamed on a range of platforms that are accessible to South Africans and international audience,&#8221; the presidency said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyrilRamaphosa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CyrilRamaphosa<\/a> will address the nation at 20h00 today, Tuesday, 15 June 2021, on developments in the country\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lEriqUuki5\">pic.twitter.com\/lEriqUuki5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Presidency | South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@PresidencyZA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidencyZA\/status\/1404792532458950676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nRamaphosa is expected to announce a move to a level 3 lockdown as the country sees a surge in Covid-19 cases caused by a third wave of the virus and varying strains..<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/health\/2021-06-15-breaking-news-government-advisers-recommend-tighter-restrictions-booze-ban-to-curb-covid-19-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BusinessDay<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0reported that the government\u2019s Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 recommended a return to lockdown level 3, imposing similar restrictions to those implemented in December during the second wave of infections.<\/p>\n<p>This would mean an earlier evening curfew, a reduction on the size of public gatherings, and restrictions around the sale of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa reported 5,552 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday (14 June), taking the total reported to 1,752,630.<\/p>\n<p>Deaths have reached 57,879, while recoveries have climbed to 1,611,447, leaving the country with a balance of 83,304 active cases. The total number of vaccines administered is 1,777,288.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/498663\/ramaphosa-in-lockdown-meetings-as-advisors-push-for-move-to-level-3-for-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramaphosa in lockdown meetings as advisors push for move to level 3 for South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 20h00 on Tuesday evening (15 June) on developments in the country\u2019s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":460460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-498717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498723,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498717\/revisions\/498723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}