{"id":402735,"date":"2020-05-28T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=402735"},"modified":"2020-05-29T09:16:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T07:16:59","slug":"south-africas-level-3-lockdown-what-you-need-to-know-including-the-times-you-can-buy-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/402735\/south-africas-level-3-lockdown-what-you-need-to-know-including-the-times-you-can-buy-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s level 3 lockdown &#8211; what you need to know, including the times you can buy alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has further outlined the regulatory changes for South Africa&#8217;s lockdown level 3 which will begin on 1 June.<\/p>\n<p>At a media briefing on Thursday (28 May 2020), Cogta minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said that all of the country&#8217;s economic sectors will be opened, albeit with restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>She said that the government&#8217;s strategy is based on sound scientific advice as well as international organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, she noted that due to the country&#8217;s unique economic factors the country has had to ease the lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the key <strong>prohibitions<\/strong> announced by Dlamini-Zuma under lockdown level 3 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public facilities for sport;<\/li>\n<li>Entertainment;<\/li>\n<li>Leisure or exhibition activities;<\/li>\n<li>Gyms and fitness centres;<\/li>\n<li>Sports grounds and swimming pools, except for the training of professional athletes and professional, non-contact matches;<\/li>\n<li>Bazaars, night clubs, casinos, hotels, lodges, BnBs, resorts and guest houses &#8211; including Airbnbs;<\/li>\n<li>Public and private game reserves;<\/li>\n<li>Conference facilities;<\/li>\n<li>All on-consumption premises like bars, taverns and shebeens;<\/li>\n<li>Theatres and cinemas;<\/li>\n<li>Museums;<\/li>\n<li>Public parks and beaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following activities will be <strong>permitted<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sale of liquor will be permitted between Monday- and Thursday and between 09h00 &#8211; 17h00. E-commerce sales will be subject to the same times, while no liquor may be consumed onsite;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The sale of tobacco products remains prohibited;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Open travel between provinces and districts for students and teachers;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The lifting of the country&#8217;s curfew (20h00 &#8211; 05h00);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased exercise times &#8211; provided it is not done in groups and people wear masks;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Most people may return to work. However, there will be limits on the number of people in the workplace, with 1.5 metres distance needed between workers;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Food will be available from restaurants and takeaways for collection and delivery;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>No inter-provincial travel except for funerals or for essential services under level 3;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Domestic travel will be allowed for business travellers;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Every company must have a Covid-19 plan and a compliance officer. This plan should be known by both the employer and employees and must be available for inspection;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>No evictions are allowed during the level 3 lockdown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hotspots\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dlamini-Zuma said that the revised lockdown levels will be applicable to all areas in the country, with the exception of districts which have been declared as hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The City of Cape Town;<\/li>\n<li>Tshwane;<\/li>\n<li>City of Johannesburg;<\/li>\n<li>Ekurhuleni<\/li>\n<li>eThekwini<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo City;<\/li>\n<li>Nelson Mandela Municipality<\/li>\n<li>The City of the Cape town;<\/li>\n<li>A number of Western Cape municipalities such as the Overberg, Cape Winelands, and Chris Hani.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Level-3-hotspots.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-402793\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Level-3-hotspots.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"797\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Level-3-hotspots.png 797w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Level-3-hotspots-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Level-3-hotspots-768x562.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dlamini-Zuma said that depending on the severity of cases in these hotspots, minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize may impose stricter lockdown rules to curb the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>More information on these hotspots is expected to be published at later date.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/401893\/south-africa-will-now-have-3-different-coronavirus-hotspot-levels-heres-how-it-works\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South Africa will now have 3 different coronavirus \u2018hotspot levels\u2019 \u2013 here\u2019s how it works<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has further outlined the regulatory changes for South Africa&#8217;s lockdown level 3 which will begin on 1 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":397893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-402735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402735"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403037,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402735\/revisions\/403037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}