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Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has outlined level 1 lockdown changes.Image: GCIS

Level 1 lockdown: here is what can get you fined or arrested

Co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has outlined level 1 lockdown changes and some restrictions. On Monday‚ Dlamini-Zuma published the new gazette that confirms the move to lockdown…

New rules have been implemented for the opening of cinemas, theatres and sporting events under level 1 lockdown      Image: 123RF/serhiibobyk

New rules for cinemas, theatres and sports under level 1: Four things you need to know

New rules have been implemented for the opening of cinemas, theatres and sporting events under level 1 of the lockdown. The rules were announced over the weekend in a statement from the ministry of sport, arts and culture’s chief director…

Covid-19 infections have shot up in Gauteng since the country moved to alert level 1.Picture: MICHELE SPATARI/AFP

Concern raised as Covid-19 cases jump 6% in Gauteng under lockdown level 1

Active Covid-19 cases have shot up by 6% in Gauteng since the lockdown regulations were dropped to level 1, an increase “noted with concern” by the provincial health department. “There is still no vaccine, the only way we can contain the…

President Cyril Ramaphosa.Image: GCIS

IN FULL | Ramaphosa on the move to lockdown level 1

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Wednesday evening after months of lockdown regulations to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Read his address, unedited and in full, below: My fellow South Africans, Exactly half…

While borders and other points of entry will reopen under level one, government has decided to retain the ban on travellers from the US, UK, Spain and Italy – which are key markets for the revival of the tourism sector.Picture: THEMBINKOSI DWAYISA

Level one loading: Cyril Ramaphosa set to lift travel ban tonight

President Cyril Ramaphosa will tell the nation on Wednesday night that he is moving the country to Level 1 of the national lockdown and opening up international travel – with provisos. Travel from high risk countries such as the United…