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on 1 June.LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesRamaphosa addressed the nation on Sunday evening, outlining that the country would be moving to Level 3 of the Covid-19 lockdown on 1 June. South Africa is currently at Level 4 of the nationwide lockdown.The country was initially under a hard lockdown, Level 5, for…

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…

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has asked for financial relief from government for member churches that have felt the pinch of the national Covid-19 lockdown, as well as UIF for those in their employ.The SACC made this plea to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday during a meeting also attended by Cooperative Governance and…

A leaked draft of the proposed regulations for Level 3 of the Covid-19 lockdown has revealed that the ban on liquor sales will be lifted under strict conditions, while the prohibition on the sale of tobacco products will be extended.News24 has seen a copy of the draft regulations, by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister…

Lockdown was a waste of time and could kill more than it saved, claims Nobel laureate scientist at Stanford UniversityProfessor Michael Levitt won the shared Nobel prize for chemistry in 2013 Suggested the decision to keep people indoors was motivated by 'panic' Professor Levitt also said Neil Ferguson's modelling overestimated deaths  Here’s how to help people impacted by…