Pta magistrate’s court set to re-open on Friday
The court was closed after a staff member tested positive for the virus on Tuesday.
The Pretoria magistrate’s court was set to re-open on Friday, 12 June following a brief closure earlier this week.
This after a clerk at the court tested positive for Covid-19.
“We received positive test results of a clerk at the Pretoria magistrate’s court on the afternoon of 9 June,” justice and correctional department spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri, said.
Decontamination of the courthouse took place on 11 June.
“The court was closed on 10 and 11 June,” he said.
Phiri added that colleagues who came in close contact with the clerk were asked to self-isolate.
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