PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday night that several of South Africa’s lockdown regulations will be relaxed as the country moves to an adjusted level 3 lockdown with immediate effect.
This follows an announcement by the health ministry on Friday that the country has passed the peak of the coronavirus Third Wave.
“Cabinet this afternoon decided that the country should be moved from Adjusted Alert Level 4 and be placed on Adjusted Alert Level 3,” said Ramaphosa during his live address to the nation on the developments in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This will take effect later this evening once the regulations have been gazetted.”
A curfew starting at 10pm and ending at 4am takes effect from midnight while the number of people allowed to gather will be limited to a maximum of 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors.
He added that thesale of alcohol from
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