No money for Covid-19 relief, says Ramaphosa
However, the president says the Treasury will definitely find a way to fund vaccines
15 January 2021 - 14:27
President Cyril Ramaphosa says SA does not have the money to provide the kind of relief packages provided for in the first wave of the Covid-19 virus in 2020, especially when the country has to now fund vaccines.
“We do not have the money, that is the simple truth,” he said during an interview on Radio 702 on Friday...
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