Media Statement from the Office of the Minister of Police
PRETORIA - Police Minister, General Bheki Cele has welcomed the revisions by the National Command Council to the Lockdown Regulations, and has taken time to elaborate on those aspects of the Regulations that seemed to have caused confusion amongst the public.
With the second weekend of the lockdown around the corner, Minister Cele has contextualised the relaxation of the regulations in as far as movement between Provinces, travelling to and from funerals is concerned.
"We have been inundated with volumes of calls from families seeking clarification or intervention or sometimes even permits relating to travelling to the funerals of their loved ones. Most such calls came from the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape and two particular police stations mentioned were Arbedeen and Aliwal North," cited Minister Bheki Cele.
Amendments to the Regulations now allow certain individuals to move between provinces, metropolitan and district areas for purposes of transporting the body for burial.
Meanwhile, certain categories of individuals closely related to the deceased, are permitted to travel to funerals.