South Africa
#SAlockdown to intensify after grant payments: Cele─── 16:14 Fri, 03 Apr 2020
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the national lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 will be strengthened next week after the payment of social grants is concluded.
Cele was briefing security officers in Polokwane ahead of his campaign to ensure compliance in the province.
He spoke about the difficulties regarding lockdown compliance across the country.
Cele also urged security officers to ensure that the lockdown is adhered to.
”President (Cyril Ramaphosa) has asked us to defend South Africans against this virus. There are people who don’t realise that the situation is serious.”
”Don’t allow people to run amok, don’t allow them to do as they wish when they’re told to go and sleep they must go and sleep. When they’re told to stay inside they must stay inside, they must not just gallivant and not know where they’re going,” explains the minister.
More than 87 000 GBV complaints received during lockdown
Meanwhile, Minister Bheki Cele says police have received more than 87 000 gender-based violence complaints during the first week of the 21-day national lockdown.
Cele was speaking at a press conference in Pretoria on Thursday, where the National Coronavirus Command Council was giving feedback after the government published amended regulations to the state of disaster.
He says one of the 87 000 cases, includes a case of rape, where a police officer was arrested for allegedly raping his wife.
