President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that some of the government’s lockdown regulations have been “contradictory and some poorly explained”.
There has been widespread criticism on the government’s handling of regulations about level 4 of the national lockdown. The most recent criticism came on Tuesday night when the department of trade and industry released guidelines for retailers on which clothes could be sold.
He explained that the prevention measures put in place were there to safeguard the lives of citizens.
pass on the virus to others. Our door-to-door screening campaign in vulnerable communities across the country resulted in over 10 000 people being referred for testing,” he said. As of Wednesday, the number of confirmed cases had reached over 12 000 with 219 deaths and over 4700 recoveries.
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