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JOHANNESBURG – On Saturday, the National Command Council announced the easing of restrictions in some industries to allow for the slow restart of the economy, which has taken a heavy hit from the national blockade that was implemented to address the spread of the coronavirus.
Below closure level 5, the sale and distribution of alcohol and cigarettes is prohibited, as is the sale of hot food.
In a briefing on Saturday, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ebrahim Patel, and the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, detailed how this will be implemented in different sectors.
Here’s what will apply in the wholesale and retail trade industry, which encompasses shops, spaza shops, e-commerce, and informal merchants:
Any food product, including non-alcoholic beverages and animal feed.
The sale of cooked hot food, only for home delivery.
Toilet paper, sanitary napkins, sanitary tampons, condoms
Hand sanitizer, disinfectants, soap, alcohol for industrial use, home
cleaning products and personal protective equipment
Baby and toddler care products.
Personal toiletries, including hair care, body and face care, rolls, deodorants, dental care products
Medical and hospital supplies, medicine, equipment and personnel.
protective equipment
Fuel and lighting, including coal, wood, paraffin, and gas.
Airtime and electricity
Hardware, components and supplies required by any qualified
Merchants exclusively for the purpose of emergency home repairs
houses
Hardware, components and supplies required by any entity involved in
the provision of essential services for any project related to the provision of
water, electricity or other essential services
Components for vehicles undergoing emergency repairs where such
The vehicle is used by a person dedicated to essential services.
Chemical products, packaging and auxiliary products used in the production of
any of these products
Textiles needed to produce face masks and other personal protectors
equipment
Winter clothes, bedding and heaters.
Children’s clothes
Stationery and educational books.
Tobacco products
Personal ICT equipment including computers, mobile phones and others
home office equipment
The sale of liquor is not allowed.
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