President Cyril Ramaphosa placed Ndabeni-Abrahams on special leave for two months after a picture emerged on social media of her having a meal with friends.
The office of Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has confirmed the minister is back at work on Tuesday after two months on special leave.
News organisations requested an interview with Ndabeni-Abrahams. However, her spokesperson, Mish Molakeng, said the minister would have back-to-back government meetings on the first day.Ndabeni-Abrahams pleaded guilty to contravening lockdown regulations in April and paid a R1 000 fine.
Ramaphosa then summoned Ndabeni-Abrahams to a meeting, where he expressed his disapproval and told her she had undermined lockdown regulations which required all citizens to stay at home to curb the spread of Covid-19.The president ordered his minister to publicly apologise to the country.In a video message released soon after the directive, she said: “I regret the incident and I am deeply sorry for my actions.
This came as Ramaphosa was at pains to get the public in line, time and again emphasising why a total lockdown, confining people to their homes and basically shutting down the whole economy were the only ways to contain the virus.As Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster urging South Africans to stay at home, Zulu was filmed in a public area, commenting on the difficulty of staying home.In a lackadaisical manner, the minister said: “Stay at home if you can.
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