Ministers and deputy ministers are now working together in a much more integrated way in government's virus response, the president said.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation virtually on Freedom Day, 27 April 2020. Image: Twitter
“Quite often, in government, people build their own fiefdoms and have their own silos, but dealing with this disaster has enabled us to destroy these silos and enabled us to work effectively together,” Ramaphosa said. “I am involved in meetings almost like 20 hours a day, 18 hours a day. We are working much harder and more effectively,” he said.
He said the government’s implementation had sometimes been slow, while the enforcement had sometimes been inconsistent and too harsh.“We dare not fail,” the president cautioned.
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