The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa was part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
A COVID-19 testing tent at the Paarl Provincial Hospital
A Golden Arrow Bus Services bus being sanitised in March 2020
A billboard at the end of Long Street, Cape Town encourages people to stay at home during the lockdown period.
Volunteers in Philippi, Western Cape packing food parcels to be given out to the needy during the COVID 19 pandemic lockdown. The lockdown had a seriously negative impact on South Africa's economy that hit the poor and unemployed especially hard.
Cyril Ramaphosa
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Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaph
COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
…with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from Italy. On 15 March 2020, the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, declared a national state of disaster, and announced measures such as immediate travel restrictions and the closure of schools from 18 March. On 17…
Ramaphosa in 2026
Ramaphosa meets with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in Santiago, 8 August 2014.
Ramaphosa at the Global Open Government Summit in Mexico City, 28 October 2015
Ramaphosa with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on 17 June 2023