South African Liquor Brand Owners Association said they couldn't understand government's decision prohibiting off-consumption sales on weekends.

The Restaurant Association of South Africa has on numerous occasions highlighted the plight of owners who have been hit hard throughout the pandemic and have called on government to intervene.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the number of passengers on the Johannesburg-Cape Town route dropping from around 4 million in 2019 to just 1.75 million in 2020.

General Secretary Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana said that this would enable people's economic and social life to function productively. But, he also has some concerns around adhering to regulations.

The South African Liquor Brand owners Association (Salba) said that while it welcomed government move to shift the curfew to 11pm, it was concerned about the continued prohibition of off-consumption sales on Saturday and Sunday.

On numerous occasions, the National Health Department has stressed that the vaccines used in the country are safe.

The department said that nationwide, 10 million people have had at least one dose of the vaccine and seven million people were fully vaccinated.

Officils gave insights into the hospitalisations and deaths of people over 60 years at the height of the third wave last month.

The sector has been battered by the pandemic and associated lockdowns and the provincial government together with those working in the sector are hoping for restrictions to be eased.

The provincial Health Department's Dr Saadiq Kariem said that the province would only have exited the third wave once it reached a daily case load of 530 cases a day.

The province is one of several, including Gauteng, that have passed the peak of the COVID-19 third wave.

The Western Cape High Court heard arguments in the occupiers' urgent court application on Friday, almost two weeks after city ordered the dismantling and confiscation of the tents and other informal structures.

Mike Schmidt and his wife opened their the Hout Bay Harbour Distillery – a world-class distillery in the heart of the historic harbour - in October 2019 after battling for two years to get their licence.

City of Cape Town Mayco member James Vos launched a pocket-friendly campaign aimed at highlighting affordable attractions for locals.

Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell said preliminary reports suggested that the SUV, in overtaking another vehicle, collided with the truck that was transporting 57 farmworkers.

Rodrigues' lawyer, Ben Minnaar, said that he passed away at around midnight at his home due to ill health.

The World Health Organisation recently classified the Pango lineage b.1.621 as a variant of interest and assigned it the Greek name Mu.

Solidarity Fund and GCIS study was conducted between May and June this year through hundreds of face to face interviews.