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The beaches in Mother City will remain open this holiday season, while the beaches in the Garden Route district and in the Eastern Cape will be closed until early January.
FILE: Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town. Image: 123rf.
JOHANNESBURG – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Wednesday inspected several Cape Town beaches to check if people were sticking to COVID-19 sidewalks.
The beaches in Mother City will remain open this holiday season, while the beaches in the Garden Route district and in the Eastern Cape will be closed until early January.
# COVID19inSA #BATHROOM Ashwin Maxim from the City of Cape Towns Disaster Risk Management talks to Cele about her interventions to keep bathers safe. @BrandtKev – KB pic.twitter.com/oFO2x212h8
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With infections on the rise in these regions, the president announced this week that beaches would be no-go areas as they are potential super spreader sites.
“These decisions were made after consulting with various departments and provinces. One of the reasons he is in this province is to really monitor whether the decisions that were made can be adjusted if necessary, ”said Cele spokesperson Lirandzu Themba.
Meanwhile, KwaZulu-Natal Community Safety MEC Bheki Ntuli said that most people were adhering to the new restrictions on beaches along the coast.
Ntuli carried out several inspections on Wednesday after the government announced the decision to close the beaches.
No entry signs would also be posted on Christmas Day, December 26, and between December 31 and January 3, 2021.
Ntuli said that several police officers and volunteers were deployed to ensure that citizens abide by the law.
“We are happy that our own people are respecting the call of the president and the government,” he said.
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