Ramaphosa admits there’s no money to help families hit by COVID-19

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JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa has made a chilling admission that government has no money to support families left with no income as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

The alcohol, hospitality and tourism sectors are reeling after the president announced the move from level 1 to level 3 lockdown, banning the sale of alcohol.After Ramaphosa announced the first lockdown last year to curb the spread of COVID 19, he also announced a relief package to cushion the financial blow for industries that couldn’t operate during that period.

“Yes, we can a portion blame. But we have to deal with the problem going forward. My focus is how do we get out of this hole”While government figures out how to get out of the hole, people are suffering.The president has conceded that government has had blind spots in drafting some of its regulations, which have proven to be confusing, with some describing them as economic sabotage.

When Ramaphosa recently announced the ban on the sale of alcohol, he said this was to alleviate the pressure on our health system given how alcohol-related trauma cases increase and over burden hospitals.

 

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Black people dying of hunger as results of no jobs and increase. Private sector got increase, this is not fair.

Where did all the covid donations and loans go ..we need a full reconciliation..surely some should have been kept gor vaccination program ? Is there no financial planning ? Yet SAA bailout still proceeds..Priorities are wrong

CyrilRamaphosa PresidencyZA

CyrilRamaphosa PresidencyZA The moneys you received was to expand hospital capacity, above and beyond the usual casualties from Alcohol and related. The bans should be on your account, not on the public seeing that you failed in the main goal and still fail to bring arrests.

Is there anyone who still believes in him? Or that things have gotten any better since Zumas departure

He has NEVER instituted any austerity measures/salary cuts to useless public servants and politicians! VIP protection costing millions every month - get rid of them! Face life alone like we all have to! You will save billions in the long run!!

You are done bro step down kindly

Yes I ask myself does money grow on trees the first time I heard in the news. That was angelic act. Continue with bogogo n mkhulu bcz yu hurting the already wounded economy that can't even be revived due to corruption and pandemic bathong tlhe !

no recovery of the PPE money

But money to build statues is there 😊

And if there was it would be stolen en-route by ANC councillors, like so many food parcels.

There is something morally reprehensible about a govt that forbids its citizens from earning a living & then doesn't give them any compensation.

Admits...why admit?

THEN LET PEOPLE MAKE A LIVING CyrilRamaphosa

Tabenzo1210 Where did the 500 billion gone to ?

Ramaphosa admits there’s no money to help families hit by COVID-19 lockdowns and the looting of COVID-19 relief funding. There, I fixed it for you.

You can at least keep the electricity on so the critical ICU's can keep the people ALIVE ! PresidencyZA

The pits my people😪😪

mokgoro_ Too bad cake makers , sim stresses ,decorators event planers , video graphers, make up artist ,designers,camera ,artist, vendors in events ant working they haven’t been for a while da list is huge ,2nd wave is here we all knew it will ,let’s musk up n open up

Our billionare el presidente

Okapula Masheleni Othe Matamela Zwino Banna ba hashu?

MbuyiseniNdlozi The money stolen by Jacob Zuma's administration is small change compared to the money stolen by Cyril Ramaphosa's administration. LONG STORY SHORT; Cyril is a bigger thief than Zuma.

Because they steal all the money 💰

I wonder iR500 billion iphelekephi?

Good sir CyrilRamaphosa families are NOT hit by covid. They are suffering due to the looting of your party 💔💔💔

These people stole too much

No money because of BAD government

If people work, they get paid. The cadres in MYANC steal, PresidencyZA locks down the country, close businesses, are useless, destroying the livelihoods of millions and ALL of them are still earning their their FULL SALARIES every month? VoetsekRamaPhosa VoetsekANC

Because it's all been looted?

Siboleke hau Ramaphosa 🤷‍♂️

They have to pay back the unnecessary foreign loans they took.

This is really unfair on the small business owners who are not allowed to operate currently.

He can maybe go to an ATM and withdraw 55 million and give 1m to each South African?

Akere you guys voted for him and he promised y’all a new dawn. I saw right through him hore he is a sham nje. Thuma Mina ya masepa

The mismanagement of the public healthcare since 94 has contributed to this problem. There should be more than enough hospitals and beds to take care of the country in crisis and there isn't. How many hospitals have been built since 94 vs closed. NB Kempton Park Hospital.

la_naturalia2 I can't believe you trust this guy.

Let's remove this pandemic called ANC from power..

All stolen yeah

Everything is falling into place I guess

Imagine the state being broke under the leadership of Ramaphosa. A whole businessman. This man is full of jokes maan. Not long ago it was SASSA running out of funds.... what did we do to deserve such an evil man? Yuuuuuu

Proudly brought to u by the anc 😆

He must take his salary as president and use it. he can also cut salaries of ministers to add more to the money needed. That guy is rich you can't tell me the president salary is what he depends on

You can't lockdown the economy if you can't deliver relief

Well then.... why don’t you start by cutting all Parliamentary salaries by 70 percent .... feel a little bit what’s it’s like to not earn anything during your lockdowns and to show some solidarity to the 35 percent of SAs who are now unemployed

Lets Creat A Black Owned Bank!

But there is money to pay parliamentarians to sleep on duty

Lol 😂 aiii this one is useless af

The new dawn 🤣🤣

The fact that there is no money is also the main reason why we are still at level 3 cuase they need our paye to buy vaccines and also we wont be able to claim uif from ters if we were to be on level 4 or 5 treasury is broke

500bln?

If the state is broke! Ramaphosa my brother the masses will come for you! This is what you fed many south Africans with and denied them opportunities... Trust me they will come for you... I wanna see how this one rolls out! Heeeeehaike!

Iblewit R500 Billion

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Watch how this becomes used by the media and the political party before elections. Talking about ' we will find the culprit and corruption ' while they hand out yellow t shirts and rice off gravel road and piss on their porsche tyres wheel because they will never use such toilets

Lol

I will say this again...WE DO NOT HAVE A COVID PROBLEM you idiots!!! We have an ANC problem!

Okay, bye

MbuyiseniNdlozi But his busy killing economy with this booze ban 🙄 🤔

Like finished finished? 👀👀

It's not new news,he has failed as the president

Quote simple, cut government employee salaries and also cut back on headcount! 😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓

There is no money.. But the can pay themselves with our money.. And treat fellow SOUTH AFRICAN LIKE SHIT.. Those same people worked hard at one time to pay your salaries.. Today your minister spoke to them from a borrowed police van.. How low can she stoop. Sir.

This guy, CyrilRamaphosa is very useless. I was hopeful, the man is so useless I can run this country better. The worst corruption we have ever had of in South Africa, we are done, we are finished

Poverty and hunger are first pandemics to deal with, if he really cares about the lives and livelihoods he claims to. What's the use of being refused alcohol at the airport when leaving the country?

So vele he finished all the 500 Billion by himself 😂😂😂

500 billion

it’s a dogshow 🤞🏽

Khusela Diko must payback the money

iSamukelo The centers for disease control that they were talking about not even 1 built,the only thing they did was to give unemployed R350 arg

Wher is the money that u evil anc stole return it you evil people

_JS_Bond_ Where's the 500 mil?

Akuphi amabillions nkosi yam

MbuyiseniNdlozi Why should government help families hit by Covid 19 yet there are so many people benefitting from govt's social security programmes...

v_______03 🤔 🤔 Njani manje

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Where's our tax money?

Cebokuhle_ The issue of budget is about political will.

he must make the people that stole the covid stimulus pay back the money .

Get him out of the Union Buildings 🤮🤮...disgrace of a President mxm🚮🚮 Where is the 500 billion?

very on brand ke le.

When is he stepping down?

A bloody thief like the rest of them 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Get it back from your cadres that's stealing the country blind....

MbuyiseniNdlozi This one ust just resign now.

Wait what🤣, emang woah...

MbuyiseniNdlozi Le jele mašeleng bjale le tla ka masepa MYANC

SAA bailout funds are always more than available, kutheni manje?

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