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The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has published a series of bulletins officially introducing restrictions on hotspots located in South Africa.
The bulletins give effect to a speech delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday night (December 3), in which he announced that local restrictions will be introduced for the Nelson Mandela Bay area.
While the Metropole is specifically planned in the first gazette, Dlamini-Zuma also published a second bulletin introducing the concept of ‘hot spots’ under the current level 1 lockdown restrictions.
This section is not specific to any one area, but rather provides generalized rules for hotspot areas that could arise in the country in the future. They also provide more information than was announced during Ramaphosa’s speech.
A third explanatory gazette has confirmed that, except in the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan area, level one lockdown measures will continue to apply until further notice.
You can read more about the hotspot rules below.
Movement of people
Each person is confined to their place of residence from 10:00 p.m. to 04:00 a.m. every day, except when a person:
- You have obtained a permit to perform a service that is not an essential service; or
- You are attending a medical or security emergency.
Attendance at funerals
Attendance at a funeral is limited to 100 people or less as long as no more than 50% of the venue’s capacity is used, with people observing a distance of at least one and a half meters from each other.
- No night watches are allowed;
- Post-funeral gatherings are not allowed in designated hotspot areas;
- During a funeral, a person must wear a face mask and adhere to all health protocols and social distancing measures.
Sale and dispensing of liquor
For purposes of a specific area such as a hotspot, the sale of liquor by authorized premises for consumption off-site is only allowed from 10:00 to 18:00, Monday through Thursday, except Friday. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
The consumption of liquor is not allowed in public places, except in authorized consumption premises on-site. The sale and / or consumption of liquor in contravention of the above is a crime.
Meetings
Everyone, when attending a meeting and in order to limit exposure to Covid-19 must:
- Wear a mask;
- Comply with all health protocols;
- Maintain a distance of at least one and a half meters from each other; Y
- Comply with any other health protocol and social distancing measures as provided in the instructions issued by the government.
The owner or operator of any indoor or outdoor facility where meetings are held must show the certificate of occupancy that establishes the maximum number of people that the facility can accommodate.
Meetings at religious institutions, workplace functions, political events, and other social events are limited to 100 people or less for an indoor gathering, and 250 people or less for an outdoor gathering . This provided that no more than 50% of the capacity of the place is used, with people observing a distance of at least one and a half meters from each other.
Meetings are allowed in cinemas, theaters and occasions as long as they do not exceed 50% of the capacity of the place.
Sports fields, fields, beaches, public parks, museums, galleries, libraries and archives will remain open, subject to social distancing measures.
Infringements and sanctions
Any person who does not comply with or violates one of the above rules commits a crime and, upon conviction, may be punished with a fine or a prison sentence for a period not exceeding six months or with a fine and a prison sentence .
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