Salary cuts for cabinet, donated to solidarity fund -Ramaphosa

South Africa - Cape Town - 18 March 2020 - President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza met with the leaders of all parties represented in Parliament on the global coronavirus pandemic. Photographer: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 18 March 2020 - President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza met with the leaders of all parties represented in Parliament on the global coronavirus pandemic. Photographer: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)

Published Apr 9, 2020

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CAPE TOWN- President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he, the deputy president and all the members of Cabinet will take a one third pay cut for the next three months.

This money will be donated to the Solidarity Fund.

Ramaphosa made the announcement from the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday evening.

South Africa’s national lockdown will be extended by two weeks, until the end of April.

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