Here’s what you may not be able to do under ‘advanced level 3’ lockdown
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South Africans are under the impression that lockdown is over after President Cyril Ramaphosa's address, but this is not the case.
On Wednesday, Ramaphosa announced new changes under level 3 lockdown, easing some restrictions.
The changes include easing the restrictions on sit-down restaurants, accredited and licensed accommodation, conferences and business meetings, cinemas, theatres and casinos, to name a few.
No mention of tobacco sales or the reopening of parks was made.
Ramaphosa did not announce a date regarding when the industries would return to work, saying the details were yet to be confirmed and to be gazetted by the co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
To date, South Africa has 80,412 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,674 deaths. Here is what is not allowed under “advanced level 3" lockdown:
- The sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes.
- Reopening of home-sharing accommodations like Airbnb.
- No person may be evicted from his or her land or home. A court may grant an eviction order, but this will be stayed and suspended until the end of level 3.
- Travelling between provinces, districts and metropolitan areas to visit family members is still restricted.
- No going to the park and social gatherings are allowed, except for funerals, which are capped at 50 people.
- No initiation practices for males or females are allowed. This includes attending an initiation school, and circumcision as part of initiation practices.
- No on-site consumption of liquor may be allowed.
- Gyms and fitness centres remain closed.
- Contact sports will be allowed only for training and modified activities with restricted use of facilities.
- You are not permitted to be out in public without a mask.