22 April 2020

Ministers who serve in the National Coronavirus Command Council will through the various Cabinet clusters, on Friday, 24 April 2020 further elaborate on the implementation of the directives as outlined by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday, 21 April 2020 and the subsequent address to the nation scheduled for Thursday, 23 April 2020. The Ministers will among others unpack socio-economic relief and the strengthening of the performance of the economy under the current conditions.

8 April 2020

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor and Minister of Basic Education, Ms Angie Motshekga will tomorrow, 9 April 2020 give update on their areas of work in relation to the COVID-19 lockdown, which includes the repatriation of South Africans stranded abroad, support to learners and feedback on engagement with education stakeholders.

Members of the media are invited to a virtual media briefing as per the details below:

7 April 2020

Government welcomes the arrest of a 55 year old male suspect who circulated a misleading video clip on COVID-19 test kits. He has already appeared before Court in the Western Cape, on Tuesday 07 April.

The suspect has been charged in terms of the Disaster Management Act Regulation 11(5)(c) which prohibits  publishing  information through any medium including social media with the intention to deceive people on government measures to address COVID-19.

5 April 2020

As the country entered into the second week of the lockdown, the National Joint Operational And Intelligence Structure (NatJOINTS)  is calling on communities and various organisations to refrain from taking the law into their own hands to enforce Disaster Management Regulations.

The NatJOINTS which comprises of various Government departments, is responsible for the coordination of the Covid-19 operations, including high density policing operations, border control, route security, public health infection containment, etc,.

5 April 2020

A 23-year old man was arrested for allegedly contravening the Regulations of the Disaster Management Act 2002.

On 27 March 2020 little snippets of a video, in which two young men were seen travelling around Pretoria with one of them continuously swearing, mocking efforts to curb the Covid-19 virus and bragging they do not comply with laws put in place to contain the virus, went viral.

In one of the snippets, one man appears to be standing in front of a police station and continued swearing about the virus.

Members of the National Command Council in the Economic Cluster will brief the nation on economic matters as contained in the revised lockdown regulations gazetted on 2nd April 2020.

The virtual briefing will be held at 16h00 today, Friday 3rd April 2020.

Members of the media are invited to participate in the briefing via live streaming on the SA Government Facebook page, Twitter and YouTube channels on the links below.

For interaction journalists may call and pose their questions using the following number 0800 142 446.

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, and the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, will release the results from the first round of the public survey looking at the impact of the COVID-19 on South Africans.

On Friday 27 March 2020 – the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)- an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation - announced the launch the public survey to better understand what the South African public knows about Covid-19, the state of readiness to deal with this global pandemic and how they feel about it.