This comes after criticism over its regulations, including the ban on cooked foods, e-commerce - which have since been allowed - and certain clothing.

Night clubs are closed and social events cancelled and it doesnt look like these activities will resume any time soon, given the restrictions on gatherings.

The organisation said government had been biased in its COVID-19 food aid programmes, claiming it was overlooking foreign nationals.

The Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday dismissed the former president's application to appeal a Pietermaritzburg High Court judgment that found he defamed Derek Hanekom on social media.

The businesses now say that operating on deliveries is not profitable and is killing their eateries.

The organisation said it received numerous pleas from the foreign nationals, who included LGBT people who fled their countries escaping persecution.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed Zuma's application, saying there's no reasonable prospect of success.

This was expected to assist employers to establish and maintain a coronavirus prevention, mitigation, and management programme.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday met with leaders of political parties represented in Parliament to discuss government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mkhize was speaking during a briefing with health experts last night on the country’s COVID-19 projections.

Currently, 17,200 cases have been registered after a daily increase of 767 cases.

There are thousands of South Africans who now have criminal records after being fined for trivial offences such as jogging or walking their dogs in violation of regulations.

Government has an advisory council on COVID-19 with experts from the medical field.

The decision to shut down the mine, for now, was taken at the weekend after the cluster of infections was identified.

Some members of the council have publicly criticised the government on the continued lockdown, saying it had no basis in science and should be lifted.

The party's federal executive council has resolved to hold the online congress on 31 October.

The province now has a total of 1,373 positive cases. Of these, 866 positive cases have been recorded in eThekwini.

One of the members of the council Dr Glenda Gray told News24 on Saturday that the lockdown had no basis in science and should be lifted.