Topline: South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, addressed the nation on Sunday evening on developments in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his announcement, the president said that the country would be moving to alert level 2 from Monday. The president told the country on Sunday that this move to alert level two is urgent and necessary. South Africa has seen an increase of 31% positive cases this week and 66% increase on the week before that. At the start of May, South Africa started its second phase of the country’s three-phase vaccination program.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 30, 2021 18:22 UTC