Minister in the Presidency Nkosanza Damini-Zuma, together with various MECs and HODs of the provinces, addressed the media on Tuesday with an update of the after effects of the tropical cyclone, Eloise. #CycloneEloise #Eloise #NkosazanaDlaminiZuma
Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on 12 January 2021 reiterated what the level three lockdown regulations are, pleading with South Africans to obey the rules in order to slow down the spread of Covid-19. Dlamini-Zuma said these regulations will be revisited once the peak has passed and the number of infections have declined.
She said the banning of other public engagements including religious, political and traditional gatherings was brought on by the sudden increase in cases and deaths linked to COVID-19.
During an address by the National Coronavirus Command Council on Tuesday, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma explained how restaurants and casinos may continue to operate even with the sale of alcohol banned after President Ramaphosa moved the country back to alert level 3. The minister added that beaches in all identified hotspots were to remain closed.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has urged all funerals to be conducted in under two hours in order to limit COVID-19 infections, as President Ramaphosa moved the country back to alert level 3. Dlamini-Zuma was speaking during an address by the National Coronavirus Command Council on Tuesday. #COVID19 #Lockdown #Level3
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is joined by Zweli Mkhize and Bheki Cele on Tuesday morning.
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini -Zuma, Zweli Mkhize and Bheki Cele will at 10 am lead a media briefing on the COVID-19 restrictions, regulations and enforcement.
The Great Brak Business Forum (GBBF) and AfriForum joined forces to take on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma over the regulations.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Monday said that with the imminent relaxation of lockdown regulations under level 2, South Africans needed to remain vigilant because the COVID-19 pandemic had not yet been defeated.
The applicants want all eateries with a valid liquor licence to be allowed to serve alcohol for on-site consumption.
Fita argued that Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma did not weigh all relevant facts properly when the decision was made to ban the sale of tobacco products.
Advocate Arnold Subel, representing Fita, argued that it was in the best interest of the public and of the law to have the conclusion of the Pretoria High Court tested elsewhere.
DA MP Cilliers Brink released a government document on a letterhead of the Co-Operative Governance Ministry that proposes to make the Command Council system a model for government beyond the lockdown.
David Mabuza has also told Parliament that the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) has not usurped any of the powers or functions of any of the three arms of the state, including Parliament.
Over 3,00 izinduna said that they were last paid in 2016 after they threatened to disrupt the 2016 local government elections.
The court has heard arguments from legal representatives of the minister and those of the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita), which is seeking to have the regulations governing the sale ban set aside.
Advocate Marumo Moerane went before the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday to defend government’s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes under level four of the national lockdown.
Lawyers for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said although the body of knowledge around the virus was increasing, action had to be taken on the basis of what was known about the risks of smoking.
