The National Liquor Traders Council's Lucky Ntimane said that for the duration of the ban on sales, tavern owners were not receiving support or relief from government.

Officers responded to a number of protests across the city that had turned violent, including Kraaifontein, Bellville, and Atlantis yesterday.

This after the group Gatvol Capetonian called on communities across the city to block roads and bring the city to a standstill on Monday morning.

The Correctional Services Department said officials made up almost 1,200 of the 1,300 active cases.

According to the Correctional Services Department, officials were providing lunch to the inmates when they were overpowered by the offenders who then managed to escape.

Several videos believed to be of the escape, and the subsequent police chase, have been shared on social media.

There have been several instances of looting, attacks on essential services and land invasions across the Cape over the past few days.

A Dial-A-Ride vehicle was stoned, injuring passengers; a refuse removal truck was set alight; firefighters responding to a fire in Khayelitsha were stoned; and on Wednesday morning, a Golden Arrow bus was petrol bombed in Mfuleni.

According to the City of Cape Town's law enforcement, a large crowd attacked the outlet on Tuesday. In a video, a number of people are seen trying to open the door by force at the store.

The alcohol industry said that the renewed ban of alcohol sales with immediate effect had resulted in the sector having no choice but to apply for a deferment.

Director of the research unit on the economics of excisable products at UCT, Corné van Walbeek, said that before the lockdown 82% of respondents indicated that they never shared an individual cigarette with other people.

The Western Cape Health Department conducted a comprehensive analysis of the comorbidities associated with COVID-19-related deaths in the province.

The industry has lost billions of rand in revenue due to the ban on alcohol sales and is hoping Treasury will give it a little breathing room.

General manager for distribution in the Western Cape, Alwie Lester, said that the employees managed to escape both incidents unharmed and evacuated the area safely.

Over the past few weeks, school staff and various communities have been protesting, calling on the government to close schools as infections rise.

Mayco member for Human Settlements, Malusi Booi, said that attempts to illegally occupy land, municipality projects or community facilities included several orchestrated attempts in Mfuleni and Khayelitsha.

Teachers and parents in various communities have been protesting over the past few weeks, calling for schools to close as infections increase.

As is the case with health workers, staff at funeral services are also putting their health at risk and have had to change the way they operate during the coronavirus pandemic.