FIRST TAKE: Stoic and sombre Ramaphosa puts SA on war-footing against Covid-19 CoronaVirusSA | PieterDuToit
Coronavirus: Ramaphosa closes borders to all citizens from high-risk countries, bans large gatherings
Indeed, even before the advent of democracy there have been very few instances of a head of government or state having to address the nation in order to steel it for painful imminent national trials. His televised address on Sunday evening, delivered almost two and a half hours after the country was told he would, was a comprehensive, succinct and clear statement of his government’s intent to defeat the Covid-19 coronavirus. South Africans, increasingly nervous as the uptick in local infections gather pace while the global spread dominates news headlines, needed reassurance that Ramaphosa understands the breadth and depth of the problem, and that there is a plan to deal with it.
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