Lockdown arrests
Buffalo City wants harsher punishment for businesses breaking COVID-19 rules
This after a popular East London restaurant and pub was caught disregarding directives, when a video surfaced on social media.
The raids in Mbekweni on Tuesday was aimed at clamping down on the illegal trade of illicit goods and drugs.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that service providers and store owners would be held criminally liable if customers did not wear masks.
The Justice Project South Africa's Howard Dembovsky said that of the thousands who'd paid admission of guilt fines for lockdown offences, some, but not all, would have criminal records.
The party's chief whip in the Chris Hani District Municipality, Madoda Papiyana was caught driving under the influence of alcohol on Friday night.