"President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 20h30 this evening... on South Africa's ongoing measures to manage the spread of the coronavirus through the implementation of a risk-adjusted strategy," the presidency said.

It will be Ramaphosa's first address to the country in nearly three weeks.

He has come under increasing pressure in recent days to inform the nation when lockdown restrictions will be further eased and to provide more detail on the government's modelling on the spread of the virus.

African News Agency (ANA)