Due to the latest figures indicating that the peak of the
third-wave infections have been largely passed (12 000 new cases a
day were recorded last week compared to over 20 000 cases a day
recorded earlier this month) and recent acceleration on the
country's vaccination programme, with more than 6.3 million
vaccines being administered so far, the Cabinet has decided to ease
restrictions and move the country from Adjusted Alert Level 4 and
place it on Adjusted Alert Level 3.
The latest amendment to the Disaster Management Act was gazetted
by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(Cogta), Dr Dlamini-Zuma, and the amended regulations were
officially announced by the President of the Republic, Cyril
Ramaphosa, on 25 July 2021, and are effective from 26 July
2021.
