Charles Molele
The sale of alcohol, inter-provincial travel and large gatherings remain strictly prohibited in South Africa until it is safe to do so, according to Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
Addressing a media conference on the Level 4 lockdown restrictions, Dlamini-Zuma said these measures were not meant to punish anyone but to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
She said the COVID-19 crisis presented an unprecedented challenge to government, unmatched since the Spanish Flu and the Great Depression.
The latter decimated over 300 000 South Africa’s population.
Dlamini-Zuma reiterated her call that coronavirus was a collective challenge and required shared sacrifices in order to achieve the impossible goal of going to Level 1.
She said if infections rise in the next coming weeks, the government will not hesitate to revert to back to a hard Level 5 lockdown.
“It’s not health measures that
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