Once-off movement permitted until May 7
For this purpose, there will be no need for people to obtain and produce a permit in order to cross provincial, metropolitan or district boundaries.
MBOMBELA – In case you moved to another province when the lockdown commenced, you have until May 7, starting today, to return home or to work.
This is according to a statement released by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in terms of section 27(2)(f) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002).
After consultation with relevant Cabinet members, issued directions in the schedule relating to the once off movement of persons in line with Regulation 16 (5), which provides that:
Any person who was not at their place of residence, or work before the lockdown period and who could not travel between provinces, metropolitan and district areas during the lockdown, will be permitted, on a once-off basis, to return to their places of residence or work and will be required to stay in such place until the end to the Alert Level 4.
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The purpose of these directions is to regulate the once-off movement of persons who were not at their place of residence or work before the lockdown period and who could not travel between provinces, metropolitan and district areas during the lockdown.
People who wish to make use of the provision in terms of regulation are permitted to do so during the period May 1 to 7.
For this purpose, there will be no need for people to obtain and produce a permit in order to cross provincial, metropolitan or district boundaries.
The security structures will however put measures in place to ensure those who make use of the window will do so once-off, and one-way only.
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Dlamini-Zuma advises all South Africans to recognise the unprecedented crisis facing the country due to Covid-19 and to use the opportunity provided for once off travel responsibly by still adhering to the lockdown regulations.
She has also urges South Africans to unite and work together to defeat this pandemic.
