Prognosis
South Africa’s ANC Urges Vaccine Mandate to Help Restart Economy
- Economic recovery depends on ability to manage Covid-19
- Sees need for income support, based on affordablity: Ramaphosa
People queue for vaccination at the Kya Sands informal settlement in Johannesburg, in December.
Photographer: Emmanuel Croset/AFP/Getty Images
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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’s ruling party said.
“The 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,” 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’s founding.