• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us

For all official information and updates regarding COVID-19, visit the South African Department of Health's website at www.sacoronavirus.co.za

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
Home Coronavirus

ANC slams large gatherings, wishes Mokonyane speedy recovery after contracting COVID-19

25 June 2021, 5:34 PM  |
SABC Digital News SABC Digital News |  @SABCNews
The party says the former Cabinet Minister is now in self-isolation and will continue to execute her party responsibilities from home.

The party says the former Cabinet Minister is now in self-isolation and will continue to execute her party responsibilities from home.

Image: GCIS

The party says the former Cabinet Minister is now in self-isolation and will continue to execute her party responsibilities from home.

The ANC’s Head of Organising and National Executive Committee member, Nomvula Mokonyane, is the latest public figure to contract the coronavirus.

This was revealed in a statement from the governing party on Friday afternoon.

The party says the former Cabinet Minister is now in self-isolation and will continue to execute her party responsibilities from home.

“The ANC wishes her a speedy recovery. Comrade Nomvula’s courage and resolve to beat COVID 19 should inspire all of us to stand together against this pandemic. We also wish many other South Africans who are battling with COVID-19 well. We must continue to defend each other and protect one another. We ask all South Africans to show compassion and solidarity with those who are infected and to offer support to all families who have lost their loved ones due to COVID 19,” it says.

The statement was followed by a rebuke from the governing party over super-spreader events.

The party slammed what it terms, is reckless behaviour of its own members who gathered outside the High Court in Johannesburg in support of the party’s suspended Secretary-General, Ace Magashule, despite the court proceedings being held virtually and the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) protest to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA).

The red berets are calling for the approval of the Sputnik and Sinovac vaccines as the country grapples with a surge in COVID-19 infections. South Africa is currently administering the J&J and Pfizer vaccines.

Julius Malema addresses masses gathered for vaccines march:

The ANC is warning against behaviour that contributes further to burdening the health system.

“The gatherings were not only wholly unwarranted they were also a blatant disregard for the lives of our people.  In Gauteng Province, 5 842 people are hospitalised as a result of COVID-19, and a total of 584 458 people have been vaccinated to date.  To gather in large gatherings in the height of the third wave truly undermines the efforts of many health workers who are currently under intense pressure in our healthcare facilities,” says the governing ANC.

Reaction to Gauteng’s COVID-19 crisis:

The ANC is urging all leaders of society to provide “responsible leadership at this challenging time so that we can all save lives.”

“We urge all our people and all leaders to do everything in their power to avoid all super-spreader events,” it adds.

The party believes that South Africa will only be able to reduce the rate of transmissions and defeat the pandemic when all stakeholders worker together.

More than 1.8 million South Africans have tested positive for the coronavirus and 59 258 others have succumbed to it.

It has so far administered 2 312 873 vaccines since it first began its inoculation process in February.

Loading...

Loading…

Share article
Tags: African National Congress (ANC)Economic Freedom Fighter(EFF)COVID-19
Previous Post

South Africa to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations as opposition protests

Next Post

NYDA board candidates give MPs possible solutions to unemployment, GBV and hate crime

Related Posts

Details of Rita Ndzanga's funeral are yet to be communicated.

Struggle veteran Rita Ndzanga passes away

18 August 2022, 12:22 PM
The Democratic Alliance party flag can be seen in the above illustration.

DA demotes Natasha Mazonne and announces Siviwe Gwarube as its new Chief Whip

18 August 2022, 11:17 AM

LIVE: ANC announces nomination process ahead of its elective conference in December

18 August 2022, 10:02 AM
Mmebers of Parliament during a parliament session.

‘Impeachment committee calls against Ramaphosa on Phala Phala farm saga premature’

18 August 2022, 9:29 AM
Minister Enoch Godongwana addressing the media at the Imbizo Media Centre in Cape Town ahead of the 2022 Budget Speech.

Godongwana must step down amid sexual harassment allegations: Thuthukile Zuma

18 August 2022, 8:19 AM
[File Image] National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula holds a hybrid media briefing on preparations to host the 2022 State of the Nation Address.

Opposition parties in Parliament to submit names of four retired judges to probe Ramaphosa’s conduct

18 August 2022, 6:02 AM
Next Post
Following the interviews, Parliament will have to approve the candidates.

NYDA board candidates give MPs possible solutions to unemployment, GBV and hate crime

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • EMS says fire at Bree Street Taxi Rank in Johannesburg has been extinguished
  • The public has until 18 May to make submissions on Icasa’s regulations for extension of expiry period for data, airtime
  • ANC NEC expected to hold a special meeting on Sunday
  • Eastern Cape flood victims plead for support as access to food, services remains difficult
  • Amathole Regional Secretary elated to have corruption charges against him dropped
  • Pick n Pay launches new supermarket brand
  • Public has two weeks to make comments on proposed changes to pension funds
  • Elon Musk says he is buying Manchester United
  • Home Affairs tightens rules on passport application to curb corruption
  • 14-year-old Eastern Cape learner facing arm amputation after allegedly taking COVID-19 vaccine
  • Home Affairs clamps down on passport fraud and introduces transit visas
  • Mogalakwena Municipality in Limpopo directed to terminate appointment of more than 400 workers
  • Pick n Pay launches new supermarket brand
  • Public has two weeks to make comments on proposed changes to pension funds
  • Elon Musk says he is buying Manchester United

LATEST

File image depicting handcuffs and police line.
  • South Africa

[WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT]: Two men burnt to death, one arrested following attempted kidnapping in Limpopo


Details of Rita Ndzanga's funeral are yet to be communicated.
  • Politics

Struggle veteran Rita Ndzanga passes away


A person opens a wallet with South African bank notes inside.
  • Uncategorized
  • Business

Cosatu says it will exhaust all options during wage talks before resorting to strike action


A view of the roof deck at Timber House, the city's first mass-timber condo building, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, US, August 16, 2022.
  • Lifestyle

A tree (house) grows in Brooklyn; six-story apartment building has wooden beams


A SASSA card.
  • South Africa

More people to qualify for the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant


SABC building in Auckland Park.
  • South Africa

Parly’s Communications Committee hopes to appoint new SABC Board ‘within time’


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2022

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2022

Previous South Africa to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations as opposition protests
Next NYDA board candidates give MPs possible solutions to unemployment, GBV and hate crime