President Ramaphosa drops most of the restrictions that have been in place for the last five months, citing ‘signs of hope’.
This means that restrictions on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes will now be lifted, and a slew of other regulations will be relaxed.
In an address to the nation on Saturday night, Ramaphosa announced that among other changes, interprovincial travel would now be allowed, there will be unrestricted flight travel within South Africa, families may now visit each other, and all government offices and services will now be open to the public. Family and social visits are now allowed while exercising “extreme caution”; Tobacco products can be sold;International travel is still not permitted.
The virus appears to have peaked in several provinces, including the Western Cape, where it was highest, in the Eastern Cape where it kept rising, and in Gauteng where it was alarmingly going up — and possibly in KwaZulu-Natal as well.
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