Commute during the lockdown will be limited to one person in a passenger car and only three people in a vehicle that can carry eight people, including buses.
These are some of the measures that the government has undertaken to fight the spread of the coronavirus that has to date affected at least 709 people.
Police minister Bheki Cele said that inebriation was a major contributor to overcrowding at hospitals and that the decision to completely stop the sale of alcohol would be of great help.
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