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27 Jun 2021

Level 4 lockdown: Government had limited options

By Staff Writer

The broad realities faced by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s in seeking to strike the right balance between lives and livelihoods in coping with the current serious third wave and its Delta variant should be recognized. This is the opinion of Professor Raymond Parsons, economist at the NWU Business School.
27 Jun 2021

SA moves to Level 4 lockdown

By Staff Writer

President Cyril Ramaposa this evening moved South Africa to Level 4 lockdown to deal with the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Delta variant. "The evidence we have is that the Delta variant is rapidly displacing the Beta variant, which has been dominant in our country until now. We are concerned about the rapid spread of this variant," he said.