They left the chapel on Green Market Square after police hammered through the church’s locked door.

The sites have finally been identified and approved and Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille visited one of the sites this week.

Western Cape Human Settlements MEC Tertuis Simmers said Dunoon had 13,000 households, while the Greater Kosovo had more than 68,000 informal structures.

Hundreds of them, including children, had been camping at a church on Greenmarket Square since October after they were removed from outside the UN Refugee Agency offices.

Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisiulu announced last week that certain areas that were simply not conducive to social distancing would have to be thinned out.

On Monday, there was chaos outside Mitchells Plain's Town Centre when pay points struggled to accommodate the masses.

Grant beneficiaries, mostly the elderly and shoppers, were in long queues at stores like Shoprite and banks.

In some parts of Cape Town, the national lockdown left many areas deserted, while others were busier than usual.

In sections of Langa, people are seen sitting on chairs, standing in groups, and even having their hair cut at a local barber

The Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town indicated that they were looking for space to house men, women and children who were camping in the city since October.

E-hailing services, such as Uber and Bolt, can only operate between 5am and 9am in the morning and again from 4pm to 8pm in the evening.

Services will run from 5am until 9am in the morning and again from 4pm to 8pm in the evening.

The men, women, and children have been camping in the city since October after they were removed from outside the UN Refugee Agency offices where they were demanding assistance to leave the country due to xenophobia.

The 21-day national lockdown is aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Long queues on Tuesday could be seen at Pick n Pay at Waterfront and Shoprite in the city centre.

While other forms of public transport such as mini-bus taxis and Golden Arrow have started rolling out their anti-COVID-19 plans, it seems Metrorail has yet to begin.

The municipality said that customer service offices would remain open, however, it was reducing the number of employees at facilities and offices to limit contact between staff.