President Cyril Ramaphosa was praised by US ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks, who said the country had done a “fantastic job” in its early implementation of stringent lockdown measures and had averted the possible infection of many citizens
This week President Cyril Ramaphosa was hauled to court by disgruntled opposition political parties and faced stiff criticism from civil society organisations for the legality of the lockdown measures he implemented to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Ramaphosa and his command council were criticised by opposition parties – mainly the DA and the Freedom Front Plus – as well as civil society organisations for the harsh lockdown regulations. Marks said South Africa had benefited from the implementation of uniform measures throughout the country, unlike the US, where the president did not decide what measures would be put in place.
Marks placed the blame on the World Health Organisation , saying it was unfortunate that it had delayed declaring Covid-19 a pandemic.
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