{"id":423440,"date":"2020-08-06T10:32:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T08:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=423440"},"modified":"2020-08-06T10:32:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T08:32:30","slug":"government-confirms-revised-tourism-and-sports-lockdown-rules-for-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/423440\/government-confirms-revised-tourism-and-sports-lockdown-rules-for-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Government confirms revised tourism and sports lockdown rules for South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government has published a series of new directives which update the country&#8217;s level 3 lockdown regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The first <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpwonline.co.za\/Gazettes\/Gazettes\/43585_06-08_Tourism.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">directive<\/a><\/strong>, published by Tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, confirms a number of announcements she made last week around the opening of the tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable changes revolve around guided tours and provincial travel. These are outlined in more detail below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In line with Kubayi-Ngubane&#8217;s announcement last week, individuals will be allowed to leave their homes for leisure purposes \u2013 but only within their province.<\/p>\n<p>Accommodation facilities will be allowed to open for leisure purposes. However, no more than two people may share a room, with the exceptions of a &#8216;nuclear family&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>While there was initially confusion around what a &#8216;nuclear family&#8217; includes, the directive now explicitly states that this<strong> includes family members or caregivers<\/strong> living in the same household.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guided tours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The directive also confirms that guided tours are permitted as part of the opening up of the tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>The regulations state that a person conducting a tour must keep a record of the full names, identity number or passport number and cellphone numbers of the people taking part in the guided tour.<\/p>\n<p>The person giving the guided tour must also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not allow a person to the tour if that person is not wearing a cloth mask, or homemade item that covers the nose and mouth or another appropriate item to cover the nose and mouth;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure that every person involved in the tour wears a mask at all times except when eating or drinking;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanitise persons involved in the tour before they enter a tour vehicle, rail or boat;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure that during guided activities that require walking, a social distance of one and a half metres is maintained at all times among persons involved in the tour;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure that the loading capacity of guided tour vehicles and other modes of public transport complies with the directions issued by the minister of transport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sports and culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpwonline.co.za\/Gazettes\/Gazettes\/43584_06-08_SportArtsCulture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">directive<\/a><\/strong>, published by Sports, Arts and Culture minister Nathi Mthethwa, confirms a number of announcements around the reopening of sporting and cultural activities.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the directive provides for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional non-contact sport to resume training and matches;<\/li>\n<li>Professional contact sport to resume training and matches subject to the submission of the information required;<\/li>\n<li>Spectators are still prohibited from attending matches;<\/li>\n<li>Participation in international sports event outside of the country&#8217;s borders is still prohibited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The directive also provides further restrictions around training and matches.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the time-slots when training may occur, what type of training may take place, disinfection protocols, and the officials, staff and team members who may participate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/423360\/government-to-discuss-updated-lockdown-recommendations-for-south-africa-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government to discuss updated lockdown recommendations for South Africa: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has published a series of new directives which update the country&#8217;s level 3 lockdown regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":398917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-423440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423440","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=423440"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423468,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423440\/revisions\/423468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}