"the nation owes a great debt of gratitude to the dedicated health workers and to other frontline staff who put their own health and lives at risk to care for the ill and the vulnerable during this period," he said.

"isizwe sinesikweletu esikhulu sokubonga kubasebenzi bezempilo abazinikele kanye nakwabanye abasebenzi abasebenza phambili ababeka impilo yabo engcupheni ukuze banakekele abagulayo nababuthakathaka ngalesi sikhathi," kusho yena.
