South Africa's Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has published a new Government Gazette (Vol. 666 No. 44009, 17 December 2020) which provides further clarity around South Africa's new lockdown rules for the festive season 2020/21 (also see Government Gazette Vol. 666 No. 43997, 15 December 2020).
Hotels, lodges, bed & breakfasts, timeshare facilites, resorts and guest houses are allowed full capacity of the available rooms for accommodation, with patrons observing a distance of at least one and a half metres from each other when in common spaces. Conferencing, dining, entertainment and bar facilities are subject to a limitation of a maximum of 100 persons or less in case of an indoor gathering and 250 persons or less in case of an outdoor gathering. Loud music, whether live or otherwise, is prohibited.
Registered wineries and wine farms are allowed to continue to operate in offering wine-tastings and selling of wine to the public for off-site consumption, subject to strict adherence to the curfew and adherence to social distancing measures and health protocols.
In hotspot areas (Sarah Baartman District, Garden Route District and Nelson Mandela Bay), the closing time for the following establishments, wether indoors or outdoors, is 21:00 daily:
- Faith-based institutions
- Venues where social events are hosted
- Venues hosting concerts and five performances
- Cinemas
- Theatres
- Casinos
- Museums, galleries and archives
- Gyms, fitness centres and swimming pools
- Restaurants, bars, taverns, shebeens and similar establishments
- Venues hosting sport, arts and culture activities
- Any other place where a gathering may take place
