After two years of lockdown, and several lockdown revisions and announcements, president Cyril Ramaphosa’s next family meeting on lockdown restrictions is likely to be the last, the Sunday Times reports.
After two years of lockdown, and several lockdown revisions and announcements, president Cyril Ramaphosa’s next family meeting on lockdown restrictions is likely to be the last, theSpeaking to the paper, minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele confirmed the next time Ramaphosa speaks to the nation about Covid-19, it will be about “something else”, but did not indicate what restrictions will be lifted or when the announcement will take place.
Phaahla said these recommendations would replace the National Disaster Act. “We hope the reviewed health regulations and other regulations from other departments will assist in guiding a reopening – especially in the leisure and tourism industries,” he said. South Africa’s state of disaster is currently set to expire on 15 March 2022. This would make it nearly 24 months the country has been under a state of disaster since it was first declared at the end of March 2020.
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