{"id":8637,"date":"2022-01-08T20:25:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/south-africas-anc-urges-vaccine-mandate-to-help-restart-economy"},"modified":"2022-01-08T20:25:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:25:06","slug":"south-africas-anc-urges-vaccine-mandate-to-help-restart-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/south-africas-anc-urges-vaccine-mandate-to-help-restart-economy","title":{"rendered":"South Africa\u2019s ANC Urges Vaccine Mandate to Help Restart Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa must finalize a policy on vaccine mandates for certain settings and activities as it seeks to fully reopen its coronavirus-battered economy, the nation\u2019s ruling party said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe success of our economic recovery depends to a large measure on our ability to effectively manage Covid-19, as this virus is likely to remain part of our lives for the foreseeable future,\u201d President Cyril Ramaphosa, who heads the African National Congress, said at a rally in the northern town of Polokwane on Saturday that marked the 110th anniversary of the party\u2019s founding. Africa\u2019s most-industrialized economy contracted the most in at least two decades in 2020 and unemployment surged to a record 35% last year as virus-related lockdowns shuttered businesses, stalled trade, and weighed on tax revenue. The government started offering Covid-19 booster shots in December, even with only about 45% of adults fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Income Support<\/p>\n<p>The government started paying a temporary social relief grant to jobless people during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>With the payments due to end in March, ANC ministers and academics have proposed the introduction of a permanent basic income grant in one of the world\u2019s most unequal societies. The big sticking point is how it should be funded within a stretched national budget.There\u2019s a clear need for some form of income support for the unemployed and poor, based on affordability and sustainability, Ramaphosa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis in many ways is what is causing comrade Enoch Godongwana to lose more and more of his hair,\u201d Ramaphosa said, referring to the finance minister. This very issue \u201cis standing as a huge challenge that we have to find some resources for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. South Africa must finalize a policy on vaccine mandates for certain settings and activities as it seeks to fully reopen its coronavirus-battered economy, the nation\u2019s ruling party said. \u201cThe success of our economic recovery depends to a large measure on our ability to effectively manage Covid-19, as this virus is likely to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[2355,2361,260,3890,3891],"class_list":["post-8637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia","tag-restart-economy","tag-vaccine-mandate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Africa\u2019s ANC Urges Vaccine Mandate to Help Restart Economy - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/south-africas-anc-urges-vaccine-mandate-to-help-restart-economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa\u2019s ANC Urges Vaccine Mandate to Help Restart Economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. 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