BusinessLive reports that SA will further roll back restrictions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic from 1 June in a piecemeal exit from the lockdown that will allow the reopening of vast swathes of the economy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced the easing of the lockdown from 1 June to level 3, allowing the majority of industries, including finance and manufacturing, to return to work. The ban on the sale of alcohol will also be lifted, but not on the sale of tobacco products. SA has been in a nationwide lockdown for eight weeks, but this has had a devastating effect on the economy. Ramaphosa said all manufacturing, mining, construction, financial services, professional and business services, information technology, communications, government services and media services will fully open from 1 June. Wholesale and retail will also be fully opened, including stores, spaza shops and informal traders. Accommodation and domestic air travel — except for business travel, which would be phased — will remain prohibited, as well as conferences, events, entertainment, sporting activities and personal-care services, including hairdressing and beauty services. Restaurants, bars and taverns will remain closed. People will be able to leave their homes to go shopping and obtain services, but all gatherings will remain prohibited, except for funerals with no more than 50 people and meetings for work purposes
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Genevieve Quintal at BusinessLive
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