The National Coronavirus Command Council has decided to enforce a nationwide lockdown for 21 days with effect from midnight on Thursday the 26th of March.

From midnight on Thursday 26th March until midnight Thursday the 16th of April:

• All South Africans will have to stay at home
• Individuals will not be allowed to leave their homes except under strictly controlled circumstances, such as to seek medical care, buy food, medicine and other supplies or collect a social grant
• All shops and businesses will be closed except for pharmacies, laboratories, banks, essential financial payment services, supermarkets, petrol stations and health care providers