President Cyril Ramaphosa has released a statement to the nation after the country recorded more than half a million confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
Some insurers have largely refused payouts, arguing the harm was caused by government’s lockdown and not the actual pandemic.
At least 11,014 new cases have been reported in the country, pushing the cumulative total to 493,183.
Two out of every five adults interviewed between May and June reported that their household had lost its main source of income since the lockdown started.
This brings the total number of persons employed in the formal non-agricultural sector in South Africa to 10.2 million.
A truck owner investigated an unscheduled stop of his vehicle and spotted three suspects offloading boxes from the truck and transferring them into another vehicle.
Naptosa’s Basil Manuel said seven of the country’s nine provinces failed dismally in providing PPE to schools.
At the end of March, President Cyril Ramaphosa took early action, shutting restaurants, banning alcohol and tobacco sales, while ordering people to stay at home and sending the army on to the streets to enforce it.
South Africa’s economy has been dealt a heavy blow by the outbreak of the pandemic, leaving millions without jobs while many companies have closed permanently.
The industry has lost billions of rand in revenue due to the ban on alcohol sales and is hoping Treasury will give it a little breathing room.
Police Minister Bheki Cele made the comments during the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) briefing on Wednesday.
Saturday marked the 100th day of lockdown for South Africa, which has imposed some of the strictest stay-at-home measures in the world since March 27 in a bid to limit the spread of COVID-19.
