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Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
To end harassment at work, South Africa is in the process of ratifying ILO Convention 190, which establishes a global standard for protection of women and other vulnerable groups in the world of work. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Efforts are underway to support women’s economic empowerment especially during this period of COVID-19. This includes training for business women to enable them to access public procurement opportunities. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
This includes a programme where leaders are trained to accompany survivors of gender-based violence from the time they report the incident until they are referred for further service. Faith activists are also trained to support women through the court process. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In another example, faith-based organisations have initiated a campaign to sensitise religious leaders on patriarchy, gender-based violence and the church. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
For example, government has been collaborating with several civil society formations to sensitise taxi drivers and taxi marshals on gender awareness, gender norms, toxic masculinity and #GBVF in an effort to change behaviour. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Gender-based violence and femicide is our country’s second pandemic. Plans to implement social and behavioural change interventions are take shaping. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
As we travel together along the path to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, we must never lose sight of the need to act urgently and decisively to end the violence that men perpetrate against women and children. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
I call on all South Africans to be part of the monumental undertaking to roll-out the coronavirus vaccine. Although it will be difficult, complex and often frustrating, it is vital that we do this together, for the sake of our country and for the well-being of all our people. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
As we work to secure the supply of sufficient doses in the midst of a huge global demand, we will do everything possible to ensure that the process is transparent and that all information is available. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
South Africa’s vaccine strategy is well underway. Understandably, we all want to know when the vaccines will be arriving. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Every vaccine that will be used in our programme will have to be approved by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, which applies stringent scientific standards to ensure the safety and efficacy of any drug or treatment. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Yet vaccines have been used to eradicate diseases such as small pox and polio. Children get vaccinated routinely against many diseases such as mumps, measles rubella, and travellers are often vaccinated against diseases like yellow fever. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
There are still some in our country who are sceptical about vaccines, and there is much disinformation and conspiracy theories being spread about the COVID-19 vaccines. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We are integrating the full resources & capacity of our country into a single effort directed at making vaccines available. This collaboration, which is among the most significant of its kind in our history, is essential as we work to gather to win the war against COVID-19. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We welcome the contributions made by civil society, academics and others towards the development of an effective national strategy, even when such contributions have been critical of government. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We see a vital role for organised labour, traditional leaders and the religious community in the dissemination of accurate information on vaccines and in ensuring optimal participation in the vaccine programme. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We’ve had several engagements with stakeholders recently to ensure a coordinated & inclusive vaccination campaign. An inclusive partnership has been formed between government, medical schemes & the private sector to support the acquisition, funding & distribution of vaccines. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We will administer vaccinations through hospitals, clinics, outreach services and mobile clinics, and private settings such as doctor’s offices, pharmacies and work places. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We have established a national coordinating committee, which brings together key government departments, the private sector and other stakeholders to oversee the implementation of our national strategy. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The third part of our strategy is to distribute the vaccines throughout the country and to administer them to those who have been identified to receive them. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In Phase 3, with increased manufacturer supplies, we will then vaccinate the remaining adult population of approximately 22.5 million people. We will then have reached around 40 million South Africans, which is considered to approximate herd immunity. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We will also prioritise people in institutions like old age homes, shelters and prisons, people over 60 years of age and adults with co-morbidities. The total number we plan to reach in this phase is around 16 million people. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In Phase 2, when more vaccines arrive, we will prioritise essential workers such as teachers, police, municipal workers and other frontline personnel. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The second part of our strategy is to identify the priority groups that need to be vaccinated as we receive vaccine doses throughout the year. In Phase 1, with the first batch of vaccines, we will prioritise around 1.2 million front line health workers. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We will make further announcements as we conclude our negotiations with vaccine manufacturers. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
While there are several promising negotiations with a number of different manufacturers that still need to be concluded, we have to date secured 20 million doses to be delivered mainly in the first half of the year. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Given the massive global demand for vaccines and the vastly greater purchasing power of wealthier countries, we are exploring all avenues to get as many vaccine doses as soon as possible. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The South African government has also been engaging directly with several vaccine manufacturers for over six months. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
It is estimated that Africa as a whole will need 1.5 billion doses to immunise the target of 60 per cent of its population. Through intensive engagement with vaccine manufacturers, the Task Team has done tremendous work to secure vaccine does for countries on the continent. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
As the chair of the African Union, we initiated the establishment of an African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team to source vaccine doses for the continent. These will be purchased in bulk and African countries will be able to order vaccine doses from this pool. — PolitiTweet.org
