President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the termination of the national state of disaster on Monday.
"While the virus continues to circulate, it is not causing the same levels of severe illness that requires hospitalisation or the same number of deaths. While the pandemic is not over and while the virus remains among us these conditions no longer require that we remain in a national state of disaster," he said.
He said,"the directions that provide for the payment of the special R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant will remain in place. This will enable the Department of Social Development to finalise the regulations that will allow the payment of the grant to continue." "Directions that provide for the extension of the validity of a learner’s licence, driving licence card, licence disc, professional driving permit and registration of a motor vehicle will remain in place. All other disaster regulations will fall away at midnight tonight [Monday]."
"These include regulations on isolation of persons, on schools and access to old age homes, on public transport, on initiation practices, on cargo transportation, and on criminalisation of non-adherence to these rules." Going forward, the pandemic will be managed in terms of the National Health Act. The draft Health Regulations have been published for public comment.
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