President declares nation-wide lockdown from midnight Thu 26 Mar 

Published: March 23rd, 2020

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced tonight that the National Coronavirus Command Council has enforced a nation-wide lockdown from midnight on Thursday 26 March in an attempt to reduce the spread of the Corona virus pandemic in South Africa and ‘flatten the curve’.

Read the full transcript from the president’s speech here (PDF)


Watch the announcement below


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