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SAAPA slams govt's move to ease lockdown restrictions

The alliance said New Year's Eve celebrations brought with them big crowds and an increased risk of poor observation of non-pharmaceutical interventions to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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WATCH | Covid-19 restrictions eased as SA moves to lockdown alert level 1

01 March 2021 - 06:00 By Deepa Kesa
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Sunday about the latest Covid-19 developments.
Ramaphosa touched on Covid-19 vaccine availability, moving to alert level 1 and the various changes that come with the easing of restrictions.
The address comes as SA had, by Saturday night, a confirmed tally of 1,512,225 Covid-19 infections countrywide and 49,941 confirmed Covid-19 related fatalities.
“The address follows meetings in recent days of the national coronavirus command council (NCCC), the president’s co-ordinating council (PCC) and cabinet,” the statement said.
Ramaphosa announced that SA has vaccines available and in the coming weeks and months, rollout plans, campaigns and programmes will be extended.

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SANParks counts millions lost due to hard lockdown

The Table Mountain National Park and other parks across the country were closed during the lockdown period last year and with foreign tourism virtually non-existent, the parks are hoping South Africans will tour their own country to make up the gap.

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Here's what you can and can't do under level 1 lockdown

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the country will move from adjusted level 3 lockdown to level 1, from 28 February. Here's what you can and can't do under level 1 lockdown.

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EFF writes to Ramaphosa calling for resumption of political gatherings

EFF writes to Ramaphosa calling for resumption of political gatherings
It said the current level 3 lockdown restrictions prohibit political parties from engaging in programmes that hold government accountable and doesn’t allow for campaigning to take place ahead of local government elections set for November.
President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament for Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's Budget speech on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS.
52 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has written a legal letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa demanding the resumption of public political programmes in the country.
It said the current level 3 lockdown restrictions prohibited political parties from engaging in programmes that hold government accountable and didn't allow for campaigning to take place ahead of local government elections set for November.

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COVID lockdown: CT tourism lost almost R2bn & 12k jobs during Dec holidays

Cape Town Tourism CEO Enver Duminy said these measures had a severe impact on businesses.
“What is very clear is that there is a massive concern that businesses will reach a point of no return and will have to close down permanently.”
Duminy said there had been a massive drop in bookings as a result of these measures.
“Feedback from our members across the boards tells an extremely sobering story, and if we keep banning the sale of alcohol and closing public spaces that are popular tourism areas, we – as an industry – are dead in the water.”
The tourism body hopes that as COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out in many countries, people will start taking up travelling again.

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Cabinet approves extension of national state of disaster by another month

The previous extension only made provision for the coronavirus lockdown until next week but it will now last until at least 15 March.

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Liquor industry hopes Ramaphosa will touch on booze policy at Sona

Liquor industry hopes Ramaphosa will touch on booze policy at Sona
The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance's Maurice Smithers said President Cyril Ramaphosa has to touch on alcohol policy to give certainty, precisely because of COVID-19.
Customers queue outside the Ultra Liquors in Wynberg, Cape Town following the relaxation of alcohol sale restrictions on 1 June 2020. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN
49 days ago
CAPE TOWN – The liquor industry wants clear policy direction when President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening.
The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance said it's particularly interested in hearing how government intends to act, following the African National Congress's January 8 statement on how to reduce the harmful use of alcohol through "legislative and other measures".

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WC hospitals see significant spike in trauma cases after booze sales ban lifted

WC hospitals see significant spike in trauma cases after booze sales ban lifted
Provincial Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that despite a drop in the number of COVID-19 cases being recorded, there was still significant pressure on the health system.
FILE: A doctor sutures a man's nose and face after he was admitted to the Khayelitsha District Hospital's trauma unit. Picture: EWN
CAPE TOWN - There's been a huge spike in trauma cases presenting at Western Cape hospitals.
A week before advanced level 3 lockdown rules were relaxed, officials recorded an average of 41 trauma cases per day.
This shot up to about 77 daily cases for the week after a ban on the sale of liquor was lifted.

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Sanef encouraged by swift police intervention after CT journos assaulted

Sanef said it was encouraged to hear about the swift interventions of law enforcement agencies who reacted to the attacks and thanked the SAPS for its prompt response.

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