Covid-19 area of work briefing by ministers Angie Motshekga and Blade Nzimande postponed
The ministers were meant to give an update on their areas of work in relation to the Covid-19 lockdown on Monday, 27 April
The virtual media briefing by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga and Minister of Higher Education and Training, Science and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande has been postponed for later in the week.
The postponement is necessitated by the need to align with other interventions that are to be taken by the National Command Council (NCC) later this week.
The ministers were meant to give an update on their areas of work in relation to the Covid-19 lockdown on Monday, 27 April.
Details of the new date for the media briefing will be made available at a later stage.
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