#BASA The Beer Association of South Africa is hosting a virtual press conference to announce the stringent measures its members have put in place to ensure consumer safety this festive season. Follow @JacaNews for the live updates.
#BASA SA Tourism CEO Sisa Ntshona emphasizes that the Covid-19 is a “global pandemic”.
“We have an office in Germany and they have gone into a lockdown from 10 December until 10 January. No one is allowed to leave.”
#BASA Ntshona says SA’s Covid-19 approach is “risk adjusted”.
“When the numbers change, then the approach is also adjusted.”
#BASA Ntshona says recovery in the Tourism sector will take two to three years.
“For us to go back to the tourism levels of 2019, we need at least two years to get there. However we need to drive domestic travel at this time.”
#BASA Ntshona now appealing to establishment owners to not cut “safety regulation” corners.
#BASA Heidi Bartis from the SAB says the company has been paying close attention to the rising Covid-19 numbers in the EC.
“We have committed to donating R30 million in PPEs. We are dispatching patrollers who will ensure that establishments comply with Covid-19 regulations.”
#BASA says it has cancelled the sponsorship of all mass events.
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JUST IN: The constitutional court has dismissed Public Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane's application to appeal a high court ruling which said she has no powers to subpoena confidential taxpayer information
#PublicProtector Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga says Mkhwebane could have asked for the tax information she required from former President Jacob Zuma. He says Zuma did not mind handing over the details.
#PublicProtector Madlanga says SARS has the right to withhold confidential taxpayer information in the face of a subpoena by Mkhwebane.
Happening: President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation from the Union Buildings in Pretoria on the country's response plan to #COVID19.
Ramaphosa says he's alarmed by the dramatic spike in infections. The country now sits on a cumulative total of 866,127 cases. #COVID19
Ramaphosa: Given the rate of infections - there's every possibility that if we don't act immediately, the second wave will be more severe than the first. #COVID19
#Dirco Minister, Naledi Pandor is currently briefing the media on international relations cooperation highlights in 2020 as well as upcoming events in 2021.
#Dirco | Pandor: The AU has also developed a vaccine strategy for the continent, and established a COVID-19 African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), in support of the Africa Vaccine Strategy tasked to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are available for Africans.
#Dirco | Pandor says that there are fears that the richer countries may hoard vaccine stocks and use intellectual property rights to block access of vaccines to developing countries.