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President Cyril Ramaphosa hinted during an online meeting with the South African National Editors Forum on Wednesday night that there could be a review of the shutdown regulations.
An overloaded taxi traveling from Limpopo to Gauteng is one of the vehicles stopped by police in Gauteng during a recent road blockade. Image: Faith Mazibuko.
JOHANNESBURG – The national state of disaster has been extended until October 15.
This is in line with the legislation and follows a series of similar extensions.
President Cyril Ramaphosa hinted during an online meeting with the South African National Editors Forum on Wednesday night that there could be a review of the shutdown regulations.
Could this possibly see a move to level 1 of the national blockade?
While we have to wait until next week to hear from the president, he hinted at some of the ongoing discussions.
“This is where we will need the advice of the medical advisory committee, as well as our network articulations, which is the real engine of monitoring our approach to coronavirus, so we will be considering all of that and keeping an eye on this space …”
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There have been calls from many quarters to further open the economy with the country deeply in negative growth.
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