Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has gazetted a further extension of the National State of Disaster on COVID-19, until 15 March 2022.
The Ministry on Monday said the extension followed a special Cabinet meeting to determine the extent to which the management of the COVID-19 pandemic still requires the existence of the National State of Disaster and the legal framework to manage the virus outside the Disaster Management Act.
“This will allow government to establish alternative measures to detect and contain further outbreaks,” CoGTA said in a statement.
Under the current regulations, nearly all economic and social restrictions have been lifted, and civil liberties are unrestricted.
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