{"id":520554,"date":"2021-09-12T17:24:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T15:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=520554"},"modified":"2021-09-12T17:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T15:45:39","slug":"ramaphosa-to-address-south-africa-on-sunday-evening-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/520554\/ramaphosa-to-address-south-africa-on-sunday-evening-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa to address South Africa on Sunday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 20h00 on Sunday (12 September) on developments in the country\u2019s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s address follows meetings in recent days of the National Coronavirus Command Council, the president\u2019s Coordinating Council, and Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As South Africa rolls out its Covid\u201319 vaccination programme, government and social partners are continuously monitoring infection, treatment, recovery and vaccination rates, rates as well as compliance with health regulations and other prevention measures,&#8221; the presidency said.<\/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 audiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The President\u2019s address follows meetings in recent days of the National Coronavirus Command Council, the President\u2019s Coordinating Council and Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Presidency | South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@PresidencyZA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidencyZA\/status\/1437073502071361543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa is expected to announce relief for the hospitality industry and other businesses by easing lockdown restrictions for the country, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/sunday-times\/news\/2021-09-12-if-ramaphosa-doesnt-ease-lockdown-restrictions--we-arent-going-to-take-that-kindly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday Times<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>The updated restrictions are expected to include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase the number of people allowed at outdoor venues from 100 to 250, and from 50 to 100 for indoor venues;<\/li>\n<li>The curfew is expected to be pushed back to between 23h00 and 04h00;<\/li>\n<li>Fewer restrictions on the sale of alcohol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The president is also expected to outline the government\u2019s plans to introduce a Covid-19 vaccine passport as part of a push to achieve herd immunity in the country.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday (11 September), South Africa reported\u00a0<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">5,309 new cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,854,234, while\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">49,845 tests were conducted in the previous\u00a0 24 hours, representing a 10.7% positivity rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">A further 143 Covid-19<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0related deaths have been reported, taking total fatalities to 84,751 to date.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/520100\/vaccine-evading-covid-mutations-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaccine-evading Covid mutations warning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 20h00 on Sunday (12 September) 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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-520554","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\/520554","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=520554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520558,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520554\/revisions\/520558"}],"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=520554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}