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These regulations will include a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and no sale or consumption of alcohol on site, among other restrictions.
He said this was necessary because of the alarming number of Covid-19 infections and deaths on the rise, as well as the struggling healthcare system.
The country passed the 1 million infection mark, and Ramaphosa said that more than 50,000 of the new reported cases occurred since Christmas Eve.
Lamola also spoke about the possible conviction and fines for those who do not wear masks in public. He said there was no standardized amount for a fine, but that top magistrates across the country were working on it to make it uniform.
“They generally guide each other so that there is uniformity across the chief magistrates across the country on the type of fine,” Lamola said.
“Since we started with the Disaster Management Act, there was a point where there could be a different type of fine for almost the same crime. Now they have developed guidelines that are guiding themselves. “
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