The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (Saapa) said that the move to sell alcohol at petrol stations would increase a culture of drinking or drinking while driving.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that this was essential for job creation, especially in the hospitality and events sector as the tourism season approached.

Infections, hospitalisations and deaths are all showing consistent declines.

The alliance has handed over a memorandum at the petroleum company's Johannesburg head office.

Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi said that they were still busy with the verification process of some applicants.

Professor Penny Moore said that the C.1.2. was at a low frequency currently - between 2% and 3% of infections - but this was gradually increasing month by month and that it was for this reason that they were watching the situation closely.

Justin Muller appeared in the Paarl Magistrates Court on Monday.

Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi on Monday said 57% were female applicants.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has extended the licence renewal deadline to 31 March 2022, and says he is confident his department will have addressed the issues that contributed to the crisis by then.

The winter storm that made landfall in the Western Cape on Thursday afternoon moved further inland.

Western Cape head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete. said more vaccine doses are expected to arrive today: 'We are now moved from a supply-constrained environment to a supply surplus environment, which basically means we now can vaccinate more people.'

Vinpro took government to court this week to contest its decision to impose nationwide liquor bans.

Last month, the United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) warehouse in Durban which houses tons of herbicides, fungicides and pesticides blew up during the wave of violence that tore through the province.

Western Cape head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that admissions and deaths had dropped slightly, with an average of 295 new admissions and 93 deaths daily.

Environment Minister Barbara Creecy said that a multi-departmental investigative team was probing the spill and would submit a preliminary report soon.

Mokgoro confirmed that he was leaving during a media briefing on Thursday morning.

The Western Cape Human Settlements Department said since April its spent over R53 million to secure state land.

Since last July, there'd been 1,305 land invasion attempts across the Western Cape.