Government does not want to keep tough rules in place for longer than necessary, says minister after gazetting level 2 regulations
The government has no desire to keep stringent prohibitions in place for longer than necessary, co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said after the gazetting of the regulations for level 2 of the risk-adjusted strategy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Saturday that almost the entire economy would be allowed to open this week.Alcohol will be sold from Monday to Thursday from 9am to 5pm. Restaurants, taverns and bars will be allowed to operate and sell alcohol until 10pm, with a limit of 50 people at a time. Nightclubs would, however, remain closed.
Dlamini-Zuma came in for harsh criticism over the banning of the sale of tobacco products, with a number of court challenges lodged. The minister said that she did not run the government and that she was part of a collective.
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