Government has begun introducing new regulations around South Africa’s ‘advanced level 3’ lockdown, with more set to be introduced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced<\/a> <\/strong>that the country will move to an \u2018advanced\u2019 level 3 lockdown, with a number of business sectors reopened to the public.<\/p>\n Ramaphosa said that many businesses that stopped operating on 27 March when the lockdown first came into effect have not been able to operate.<\/p>\n Following discussions with industry representatives, provincial heads, scientists as well as cabinet, Ramaphosa said that restrictions will be eased for:<\/p>\n In each instance, specific and stringent safety requirements have been agreed to by the various representatives of these industries, Ramaphosa said.<\/p>\n Below are the regulations which have been introduced so far and the changes they will introduce.<\/p>\n Personal care services<\/strong><\/p>\n On Friday, the\u00a0Minister of Small Business Development gazetted <\/a><\/strong>a directive outlining the new guidelines for the personal care industry as part of South Africa\u2019s revised level 3 lockdown rules.<\/p>\n The directive states that the following categories of services that are deemed safe to resume operations:<\/p>\n Law firm Webber Wentzel noted that the direction has been introduced to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in personal care services and it applies to employees and customers.<\/p>\n These protocols supplement the existing level 3 lockdown regulations and directions, particularly the directions issued by the Department of Employment & Labour and Department of Health.<\/p>\n The direction applies to personal care services that operate in the formal and informal sectors of the economy. All salons must comply with the following minimum health & safety standards:<\/p>\n The direction also incorporates Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in a number of areas including:<\/p>\n ICT workers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies has also issued a revised Covid-19 direction <\/a><\/strong>for certain ICT sectors.<\/p>\n Webber Wentzel noted that the direction has been introduced to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in the communications and technologies sector.<\/p>\n These include:<\/p>\n Schools\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n On Tuesday (23 June), the Department of Basic Education published a new directive focusing on the reopening of schools under South Africa\u2019s lockdown.<\/p>\n\n
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