{"id":24212,"date":"2020-07-13T13:43:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T13:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24212"},"modified":"2020-07-13T13:44:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T13:44:07","slug":"south-africa-introduces-new-covid-19-restrictions-as-mandelas-daughter-dies-at-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24212","title":{"rendered":"South Africa introduces new covid-19 restrictions, as Mandela\u2019s daughter dies at 59"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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he government of South Africa has extended measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 including another ban on alcohol sales, as the number of cases in the country continue to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Cyril Ramaphosa<\/a> who revealed this in a statement on Sunday said that the alcohol ban \u2013 South Africa\u2019s second this year \u2013 would take pressure off the national healthcare system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also informed that starting from Monday, a curfew will be reimposed between 9pm (7pm GMT) to 4am (2am GMT), adding that wearing a mask is now mandatory in all workplaces, vehicles and common closed areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaphosa acknowledged \u201cmost\u201d people had taken action to help prevent the spread, but he said there were still some who acted \u201cwithout any responsibility to respect and protect each other\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are a number of people who have taken to organising parties, who have drinking sprees, and some who walk around crowded spaces without wearing masks,\u201d said the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa\u2019s anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died, public broadcaster SABC has reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zindzi (Nelson Mandela\u2019s sixth child and his second with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela) reportedly died in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The death has been confirmed by a family source, SABC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was the South African ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death. The cause of her death was not immediately revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 59-year-old daughter of former president Nelson Mandela and struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, passed away at a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of this morning,\u201d said SABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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