Analysis of Presidents speech on covid19

The president's address to the nation has become almost a weekly thing now and again last night South Africans were glued to their screens as the president Ramaphosa announced a raft of new economic and social measures to the tune of R500 billion. Most significant for VOC listeners of course is the fact that there will be a 6month coronavirus grant, a top-up of other social grants and 40 billion set aside for workers whose employers cannot pay their salaries. To unpack this further is Abdul Azeez Davids, head of research at Kagiso asset management