CHARLES MOLELE
FOR the first time since midnight March 26, South Africa is allowing scheduled international flights into the country on Thursday with radical new COVID-19 guidelines.
South Africa shut down all its domestic and international flights in March to control the spread of the coronavirus.
During a press conference of the National Coronavirus Command Council on Wednesday, International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor confirmed the easing of travel restrictions of Thursday October 1 and the re-opening of the borders for international travellers.
Pandor indicated that government has adopted a risk-based system for different international travellers.
She said this model classified international travellers according to a scale of high, medium and low risk.
“As a country we have adopted a gradual reopening of borders and ports of entry for international travel for business, leisure and other travel guided by the communique published by the Word Health Organisation (WHO) on Public Health
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