{"id":180,"date":"2020-03-27T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2020-07-04T10:59:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T10:59:31","slug":"covid-19-the-lockdown-rules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/?page_id=180","title":{"rendered":"Covid – 19 – the Lockdown Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the days that followed Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on\nMarch 23rd, various ministers and government departments have outlined exactly\nwhat the lockdown means, along with what you can and can’t do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are some of the main ones:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay at home. The message from police minister Bheki Cele\nand transport minister Fikile Mbalula was a simple one: if you don’t have to\nleave your house, then don’t. Only those whose work is classified as an\nessential service or those going to perform an essential task (buying food or\nmedicine, or seeking medical attention) should leave the house. That means no\njogging and no walking the dog. Stay at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t pack the car. If you do have to leave the house, there\nwill be very strict rules in place. First, public transport will only be\navailable for eight hours a day, from 5am to 9am and from 4pm to 8pm. If you’re\nusing a private vehicle, then there can only be two people in the car: the\ndriver and the passenger. If you do go out, you won’t need to wear a mask or\ngloves \u2014 despite what you might have read on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t drink and smoke. In one of the more divisive rules,\nCele said that alcohol would not be on sale for the 21-day lockdown. Neither\nwould cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep it real. \u201cDon’t lie,\u201d Cele said at the press conference\nwhen asked about whether people trying to escape the lockdown would fib their\nway out of trouble. If you’re busted breaking the regulations, he said, a jail\nterm and\/or a fine could come your way. And if you are tested and asked for\ninformation, and you fail to provide it, you will be named and shamed, said\nhealth minister Dr Zweli Mkhize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t run away. Police announced on Wednesday that two\npeople \u2014 a businessman in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, and a foreign tourist \u2014\nwere both facing attempted murder charges for disobeying orders to self-quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t order in. All restaurants, including food delivery\nservices, will not be operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do get your social grant. There will be public transport restrictions, but you will be able to collect your social grants, the social development department has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the days that followed Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on March 23rd, various ministers and government departments have outlined exactly what the lockdown means, along with what you can and can’t do. These are some of the main ones: Stay at home. The message from police minister Bheki Cele and transport minister Fikile Mbalula was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisteranne.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}