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STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA ON ESCALATION OF MEASURES TO COMBAT COVID-19 EPIDEMIC My fellow South Africans, It is a week since we declared the coronavirus pandemic a national disaster and announced a package of extraordinary measures to combat this grave public health emergency. The response of the South African people to this crisis has been remarkable. Millions of our people have understood the gravity of the situation. Most South Africans have accepted the restrictions

The City of Cape Town is in the process of reducing the number of staff at all of their offices to 60% to comply with the social distancing that is required during this time. “The City is doing all it can to protect its employees, and residents visiting our offices across Cape Town. We are in the midst of an unprecedented period that calls for greater awareness and interventions. Customer offices will remain open, however,

“In a time of distance” The unexpected always happens in the way The unexpected has always occurred: While we are doing something else, While we are thinking of altogether Different things — matters that events Then show to be every bit as unimportant As our human concerns so often are; And then, with the unexpected upon us, We look at one another with a sort of surprise; How could things possibly turn out this way When

While the City appealed to the public to limit visits to the beaches last week, they have seen an increase in beach goers as a result of other public facilities being closed. “As has now been done in other coastal municipalities across South Africa, we will be closing beaches as from tomorrow morning, 24 March 2020, to limit public contact and to assist our residents with respecting the National Government’s call to practice social distancing.”

By now you’ve probably discovered that self-isolation is not as easy as you thought. What do you do with all that time on your hands? And how do you keep the family entertained day after day? Well, here’s something you will all love… Pick your family’s top six songs – enter them below – and tune in to hear us play it in Smile 90.4FM’s Six-in-a-Row Family Edition – weekdays at 10am, 1pm and 3pm.