Purchases are limited to food and basic necessities.
The sale of alcohol and cigarettes is prohibited.
Walking for exercise is prohibited.
Public gatherings are prohibited
Funerals are for 50 people.
The army and police have been deployed to enforce
South Africa, which is the most industrialized country on the continent, has acted temporarily and aggressively to combat the virus, calling for door-to-door testing.
But Ramaphosa said much more testing was needed to ensure the virus did not spread undetected, the BBC’s Andrew Harding reported from Johannesburg.
On Thursday, the World Bank said sub-Saharan Africa will revel in its first recession in 25 years due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Before the lockdown began, the government announced a series of measures to mitigate the economic effects of the lockdown, adding a solidarity fund for small businesses.
However, the DA said more needed to be taken to ensure that South Africans would have jobs to return to once the pandemic was over.
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