“The total expenditure expected to be incurred for this is R25m.” Coronavirus
President Cyril Ramaphosa told parliament that he had employed 151 members of the defence force in service to support the department of international relations and co-operation and the department of health to return the South Africans who are in Hubei.
In a letter to parliament’s presiding officers, National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise and National Council of Provinces chairperson Amos Masondo, Ramaphosa revealed that the deployment of the SANDF was from March 1 to April 15.Roxanne Rawlins, a South African citizen in Wuhan, gives us a look at living in lockdown in the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus in the Chinese city. Rawlins is one of 184 SA citizens WHO are awaiting repatriation by the SA government.
A total of 184 South Africans living in Wuhan asked the SA government to evacuate them as a precaution amid the outbreak there. Most are students, teachers and other professionals working in the city, according to a government statement.“The aircraft with the capacity to bring back the citizens in Wuhan has been secured,” said the government.In his letter, Ramaphosa said the employment of the SANDF members was in accordance with the provisions of the Defence Act.
Section 201 of the constitution requires that the president should inform parliament - promptly and in appropriate detail - of the reasons for the employment of the defence force, any place where the force is being employed, the number of people involved and the period for which the force is expected to be employed.
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