As part of South Africa’s amended Level 4 lockdown restrictions, the government plans to introduce a ‘curfew’ which will limit the times when South Africans will be allowed outside of their homes.
The makers of alcoholic drinks and tobacco products are getting their own payment holiday, South Africa's National Treasury announced on Thursday: 90 days extra to pay excise taxes that were due in May and June.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says a lockdown is the most effective form of containing the Covid-19 coronavirus, but people "need to eat" and the economy needs to get going again.
The Competition Commission has referred pharmaceutical retailer Dis-Chem to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution for excessive pricing during the coronavirus outbreak, it said in a statement on Wednesday (23/04/2020).
