Sizwe Sibiya
UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa uthi uhulumeni ubeka eceleni imali eyizigidigidi eziyi-R100, ukudala amathuba emisebenzi ayi-800,000 eminyakeni emithathu ezayo.
Ukufakwa kakhulu kwemali emnothweni kwenzelwa ukunqoba ubunzima kwezomnotho obudalwe ubhubhane lwe-Covid-19, lapho abantu abayizigidi ezimbili balahlekelwe yimisebenzi.
“Ngalolu suku ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa ezedlule, samemezela isimo senhlekelele kuzwelonke ukubhekana nesimo esiphuthumayo sezempilo,” kusho uRamaphosa ngoLwesine ntambama.
“Umnotho wethu ungene ngaphansi kwephesenti eli-16.4 uma kuqhathaniswa nekota edlule.”
URamaphosa utshele iphalamende ukuthi iphakeji elisha lizoqala ngokushesha, futhi lizobandakanya:
- Imisebenzi yokuxhasa abafundi bakamatikuletsheni ayi-300,000 abazoqashwa njengabasizi bokufundisa
- Imisebenzi yengqalasizinda kanye nokwakhiwa kwemigwaqo
- Ukuxhaswa okuqondile kwemisebenzi emikhakheni ebuthaka
- Ukuhlela kabusha u-Eskom abe ngamabhizinisi ahlukene ukukhiqiza nokwenza ngcono ukuncintisana nabakhiqizi bakagesi abazimele
URamaphosa uthe bayi-18 000 abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abashonile ngenxa ye-Covid-19.