President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to address the nation at 8pm on Sunday to give an update on SA's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
SA has seen a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections over the last week, with experts detecting a new variant “of concern”, Omicron.
Ramaphosa's address comes after a meeting of the coronavirus command council on Saturday, which drew up recommendations on how to contain the new variant.
Several business and community leaders have spoken against a harsh lockdown in response to the rise in infections.
The national coronavirus command council met on Saturday over the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant in the country.
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