Ramaphosa warns MPs of economic disaster post-Covid-19 pandemic - The Mail & Guardian

, said the bank expects the local economy to contract 7% this year after “the great lockdown”. It anticipates the worst economic downturn in a century., with restaurants, personal grooming salons, conferences and some local travel being allowed.

In response, Ramaphosa said the government relied on a range of scientific and epidemiological data. He said the South African Covid-19 Modelling Consortium had predicted there would be 3.4-million to 3.7-million cases by November this year. In what is usually a robust engagement between the president and opposition MPs — with many often playing to TV cameras in the chamber — the first virtual Q&A session was far more subdued. This is helped by the fact that the speaker holds the power to mute heckling MPs.

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