READ: Cele releases quarter three 2020/2021 crime stats
By IOL Reporter
National Commissioner of the SAPS; General Kehla Sitole;
National Head of the DPCI Lt General Lebeya
Deputy National Commissioners
The Secretary for Police, Mr Alvin Rapea;
Senior Officers;
COVID 19 IMPACT
The impact of the pandemic has been widely documented as well as the effect COVID-19 continues to have on our healthcare system, our economy and our livelihoods.
Yes, COVID-19 is also impacting on policing, infecting over 27 thousand members and claiming the lives of 570 of them.
It is indeed painful to see our members succumb to this unforgiving virus.
At the same time we remain encouraged that over 25 thousand of our members have recovered and are back at work, serving their communities.
The quarterly crime statistics for October to December 2020 has shown that there has been an increase in murders, carjacking and home robberies in the Western Cape.
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South Africa’s job market has staged a significant recovery, according to the latest National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM).
Stick to the rules, warns Liquor Board
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) has welcomed the lifting of the ban on alcohol sale and its transportation and urged liquor traders to adhere to Adjusted Level 3 regulations as pronounced by the President this week.
“The concern that liquor outlets were increasingly becoming massive super spreaders necessitated an immediate action to prevent the rapid spread of the pandemic,” the Board said in a media statement.
“The ECLB, therefore, urges liquor traders to strictly adhere to new regulations.”
According to the new Level 3 regulations, at alcohol may be sold by by licensed premises for off-site consumption only from 10am to 6pm, from Monday to Thursday excluding Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Licensed premises for on-site consumption may sell alcohol from 10am to 10pm throughout the week.