UMENGAMELI Cyril Ramaphosa ngoLwesibili uthe uzocabangisisa kahle ngaphambi kokuthi afake izwe ngaphansi kwe-lockdown eqinile ngenxa ye-Covid-19 uma ebuyela eNingizimu Afrika ngoLwesithathu.
Ekhuluma esithangamini nabezindaba ebesihlangene nozakwabo waseSenegal, uMacky Sall, eSigodlweni sikaMengameli eDakar, uRamaphosa uthe uma esefika eNingizimu Afrika uzoqonda ngqo emhlanganweni weKhabhinethi.
“Ngifika ngo-4 ekuseni ngiqonde emhlanganweni wekhabhinethi, lapho sizodingida khona izindaba ezahlukahlukene, futhi umkhandlu kazwelonke we-coronavirus kusadingeka uhlangane ngaphambi kokuthi wenze izincomo kwikhabhinethi mayelana nokuthi kufanele siqhubeke kanjani nokusabela ku-coronavirus".
URamaphosa uvumile ukuthi izifo ziyakhula “ngakho-ke kudingeka siqaphele ukuthi siziphatha kanjani noma yiziphi izinyathelo esizenzayo. “Konke lokho kuzobhekisiswa kahle uma sesibuyile eNingizimu Afrika bese sithola umbiko ovela emnyangweni wethu wezempilo kanye nongqongqoshe, kanjalo nenhlangano yethu ehlangene kuzwelonke ebheka zonke izinkinga, ngaphambi kokuthi sikwazi ukwenza noma ngayiphi indlela.”
Wengeze ngokuthi noma yisiphi isimemezelo esiphathelene nemithethonqubo siyokwandulelwa umhlangano womkhandlu ohlanganisa umongameli, ohlanganisa ondunankulu kanye nezimeya zikamasipala. "Ngakho-ke noma yisiphi isilinganiso esisithathayo sizocatshangelwa ngendlela efanele yibo bonke abathintekayo."