Coronavirus Pandemic: Cabinet To Hold A Top-Level Emergency Meeting On Sunday

Charles Molele

Cabinet will hold an extraordinary meeting on Sunday to map out South Africa’s plans to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, which has already claimed 17 confirmed infections in the country.

The special meeting will also discuss the economic crisis which has been exacerbated by intermittent and recurring Eskom load shedding stages, which are costing the economy over R4 billion per day.  

South Africa slipped into a technical recession last week and there are mounting concerns that the country might be downgraded to junk status by the credit ratings agencies as a result of these economic challenges.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu told a media briefing on Thursday that the government was doing all it could to bring the economy back to normality.

“Despite acknowledging the debilitating effects of load shedding, Cabinet remains resolute in fixing the fundamentals, pursue critical areas of growth and drive collaborative solutions with