Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says police officers and SANDF officials will continue conducting roadblocks with a focus on hotspot areas during Level 3 of the national lockdown.
Mapisa-Nqakula was speaking at the justice, crime prevention and security cluster media briefing on Thursday outlying what the clusters work during Level 3.She said the following was prohibited under level 3 for in terms of legal matters:
Inter-provincial travel was not permitted unless a person was travelling for work, funeral and medical services. These movements have to be motivated with access to a permit.Sale of liquor allowed within certain times and no consumption on site.The minister said over 70 000 SANDF soldiers had been deployed in various capacities around the country. She said the soldiers were deployed on various capacities including engineers who will assist with access to water.
Over 2000 beds were identified at SANDF bases across the country to provide quarantine facilities with these were in KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape, Limpopo and Gauteng.Passports for work purposes ID's will also be issued Asylum seekers who have expired permits will have them extended until the end of July
On courts - Mapisa-Nqakula said access to courts was limited. She said priority would be given to urgent matters which include; corruption cases, murder, gender-based violence, violent crime and Covid-19 related offences. The Minister of Police Bheki Cele said over 240 000 people had been arrested in contravention of lockdown regulations.
"Most of the people who had been arrested come from hotspot areas. The Western Cape leads in people who have been arrested and Gauteng comes second," Cele said.
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