South Africa’s COVID-19 billions reaching recipients – Ramaphosa
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE billions aimed at providing relief to millions of South Africans facing economic hardships as a result of the COVID-19 shutdowns are reaching its desired recipients, President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed. In April, the South African government announced an R500-billion social relief and economic support package as its coronavirus response and assist businesses, workers, and households. Ramaphhosa said that over 4.4-million people have now received the special COVID-19 grant, which assists those who are unemployed and do not receive other forms of support. “So far, an amount of R2.2-billion has been paid out to these recipients. There…