President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer be addressing the nation as earlier reported. This was announced by Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria where Ramaphosa is locked in the meeting with the National Command Council on the coronavirus situation in South Africa.
Discussions at the meeting at the Union Buildings in Pretoria relate to progress made in the implementation of regulations to curb the disease, whether additional measures are required and possible interventions to mitigate the economic fallout.
Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu, “We would like to see whether the measures we have put in place are really assisting us and there are suggestions that … are being discussed by the National Command Council. We are still continuing with the discussions. We are not sure when at what time the meeting will be concluded at this stage.”
In the video, Jackson Mthembu addresses the media outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria: