Charles Molele
President Cyril Ramaphosa met with the National Economic Development and Labour Council on Friday to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the South African economy.
According to presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko, NEDLAC’s special executive committee meeting with Ramaphosa specifically focused on how to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic, including the resultant lockdown.
Diko said the participants agreed with the president that the pandemic was a health, economic and social crisis of unprecedented scale with far-reaching implications for the South African economy.
The meeting also agreed that the health and well-being of all South Africans must be the overriding concern of all sections of society, and that it was therefore necessary to intensify the public health response to the pandemic.
“Priority should be given to measures to contain the spread of the virus and to minimise loss of life. The social partners also agreed that
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