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“Immediate, swift and extraordinary action is required if we are to prevent a human catastrophe of enormous proportions in our country.”
Source: Address announcing the national COVID-19 lockdown, 23 March 2020
Context In a televised address to the nation, he announced a 21-day national lockdown as confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa rose sharply.
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