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on Sunday evening announced that tobacco sales will remain prohibited, while liquor sales will resume when the country enters lockdown Level 3 at the beginning of June.This came despite strident calls for cigarette sales to be permitted, and that the ban contributes to a growing tobacco black market in South Africa.The South African Revenue Service…

READ | These businesses must remain shut during Level 3He said on the basis of the country's risk-adjusted approach, guided by, among others, the rate of infection and the capacity of health facilities, Cabinet decided to move the entire country from lockdown Level 4 to Level 3. Ramaphosa said Level 3 will see the national curfew…

 lashed out against Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) member Professor Glenda Gray, saying her criticism of the lockdown regulations "undermines the joint work" the state is taking to fight Covid-19. Shortly after, Gray told News24 it is "worrying" that she is being singled out, while many other scientists and experts have criticised the state's approach to Covid-19.…

One million Covid-19 cases, 40 000 deaths and a dire shortage of ICU beds - SA's shocking projectionsThe models - which the experts stressed were subject to change - predict, among others, that between 40 000 to 45 000 people could die from Covid-19 between June and November, and that one million South Africans would…

The Department of Home Affairs has reiterated that, despite the country being under lockdown, it is still delivering some of its services.Services currently rendered, during Level 4, include the registration of births, registration of deaths, issuance of temporary identity certificates, collection of smart ID cards, the reissue of birth and death certificates, and passports for…