National Lockdown Level 2

EHC supports the government’s phasing in of economic activities using lockdown stages to allow for a steady but controlled return to normalcy and the need to reopen the economy. Learn below what activities are allowed and which are restricted under level 2.

Here is a list of what is permitted and prohibited under level 2 regulations;

PERMITTED

• Inter-provincial traveling around South Africa
• Sale of alcohol at off-sale and retail outlets
• Sale of tobacco products
• Gyms and fitness centers
• Beaches and parks
• Museums, galleries, libraries and archives
• Restaurants
• Water-based tourism activities (boat-based whale watching, scuba diving, shark cage diving, kayaking, river rafting, and speed boat rides)
• Zoos, Aquaria, animal sanctuaries and rehabilitation centres
• Swimming pools
• Accommodation establishments
• Tour operators
• Casinos
• Theatres and cinemas
• Social events at places of residence (visits to friends and family restricted to 10 visitors at a time)
• Social gatherings (funerals and weddings limited to 50 people)
• Auctions
• Sporting activities
• Personal care services, including hairdressing, beauty treatments, make -up and nails salons and piercing and tattoo parlours
• Bus and taxi services may carry 100-percent of the licensed capacity for any trip not regarded as long-distance travel in terms of sub-regulation.

PROHIBITED

• Night vigils
• Night clubs
• Male and female initiation practices
• Bus and taxi services may not carry more than 70-percent of the licensed capacity for long-distance travel.
• International travel
• Attendance of any sporting event by spectators.