President Cyril Ramaphosa kept the country on alert level 1 but amended a few retractions relating to alcohol sales and religious gatherings.
South Africa marks a full year of lockdown and Eyewitness News unpacks how those who have lost their loved ones have dealt with their loss.
Last year just before Easter, government imposed stricter regulations on large gatherings and transport.
On Wednesday, Stats SA released the February CPI rate, which was 2.9% year on year slowing from 3.2% in January.
A year after South Africa first went into lockdown, some communities in Cape Town are struggling to stave off hunger on a daily basis as the pandemic and a worsening economy make an already tough life harder.
The pandemic has had a severe impact on South Africans' mental health, many of the calls made to Sadag were from people suffering from anxiety about their finances, job losses and the wellbeing of their children.
This week marks the first anniversary of the lockdown, which saw the president shutting the country's borders, schools and most economic activity only permitting essential services to operate.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the country will move from adjusted level 3 lockdown to level 1, from 28 February. Here's what you can and can't do under level 1 lockdown.
The Table Mountain National Park and other parks across the country were closed during the lockdown period last year and with foreign tourism virtually non-existent, the parks are hoping South Africans will tour their own country to make up the gap.
During Sunday night's address to the nation, Ramaphosa announced that due to the steady decline in new infections, social, political, religious and cultural gatherings will now be permitted.
After an alarming second wave of COVID-19 infections, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 28 February 2021 that South Africa had reduced new infections enough to move the country from alert level 3 of lockdown regulations to alert level 1.
South Africa is still currently under adjusted lockdown level 3 restrictions.
It said the current level 3 lockdown restrictions prohibit political parties from engaging in programmes that hold government accountable and doesn’t allow for campaigning to take place ahead of local government elections set for November.
The city’s official tourism body released a report on Friday detailing that just under 12,000 job losses were also recorded over this time as a result of tighter lockdown rules introduced on 28 December.
Provincial Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that despite a drop in the number of COVID-19 cases being recorded, there was still significant pressure on the health system.
The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance's Maurice Smithers said President Cyril Ramaphosa has to touch on alcohol policy to give certainty, precisely because of COVID-19.
The previous extension only made provision for the coronavirus lockdown until next week but it will now last until at least 15 March.
The report is titled ‘Treated like Furniture’ and covers five countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Madagascar.
