SA s lockdown extended to past the one-year mark Updated
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Share this: This means that the current measures contained in the regulations to save lives and preserve livelihoods within the context of the risk-adjusted strategy are required beyond 15 March 2021, said Dlamini-Zuma in a statement.
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South Africa s national state of disaster has been extended yet again.
This means the country will officially pass the one-year mark of lockdown measures next week, with the first national state of national disaster having come into effect in March 2020.
The announcement was made during a Cabinet briefing on Thursday, and the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has gazetted the extension.
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Prohibition is not the way to solve SA s alchohol problem Rhys Evans > By Rhys Evans - 23 February 2021 - 07:49
Although the alcohol ban was lifted at the beginning of February, with a pending legal battle between South African Breweries (SAB) and the minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, it’s possible that another will be swiftly implemented if the circumstances require. In order to have the desired outcome of reducing alcohol-related injuries occupying hospital beds required for Covid-19 patients, it is advisable that the government continue to enforce curfew regulations while permitting the sale of alcohol under tightly controlled conditions.