SA's lockdown extended to past the one-year mark Updated Christelle du Toit 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. GCIS 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.