MEC Spokesperson Cayla Murray said all offices and public areas were sanitised.
Between 27 March and the end of last week, the Western Cape Liquor Authority had investigated 196 incidents of liquor vendors reportedly contravening the National Disaster Management Act’s regulations and the Western Cape Liquor Act.
The MEC on Wednesday held a briefing to flesh out details about cases monitored by his department’s Court Watching Brief Unit between July and September.
Over 40 licences have been suspended over the past several months.
Western Cape MEC for Community Safety Albert Fritz said that he wrote to Police Minister Bheki Cele in April that accredited members could assist in social distance management but has failed to get a response.
MEC Fritz has called on the public to submit comments that will aid the Western Cape Police Ombudsman Johan Brand's investigation into train arson.
The MEC says police will remain on high alert to prevent any flare-up of gang-related shootings in Cape Town.
Cape Town will continue to be a gangster's paradise for as long as police don’t get their act together. That’s according to Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz.
This was revealed during a presentation of the SAPS’ 2018/19 annual report at Parliament’s police portfolio committee on Wednesday.
Since the start of the year, close to 2,000 people were killed in the province. Most of the murders were gang related.
