The fund, which has amassed R2.1bn to date, has also partnered with Phelophepa health care trains to ramp up coronavirus testing around the country.
President Cyril Ramaphosa tries on personal protective equipment donated to health-care workers. File photo.The Solidarity Fund has disbursed more than half of the R2.1bn it has raised for the acquisition of personal protective equipment and to roll out food relief for vulnerable households affected by the coronavirus.
The country eased from level 5 to level 4 lockdown on May 1, allowing for key sectors of the economy, including manufacturing, mining and agriculture, to resume operations. Ramaphosa said this week that the government is in consultations with various stakeholders to further ease the lockdown to level 3 by the end of May — allowing for more economic activity, which has almost ground to a halt.
The Solidarity Fund has approved R11.3m to support the local manufacturing of two prototypes of ventilators. This project aims to manufacture 10,000 ventilators by July, in line with the expected peak of Covid-19 cases in the country, said Nqweni.
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