{"id":113765,"date":"2020-03-26T10:05:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T08:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=113765"},"modified":"2020-03-26T10:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T08:05:12","slug":"covid-19-war-dos-donts-national-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/26\/covid-19-war-dos-donts-national-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 war – Do\u2019s and don\u2019ts during national lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lockdown will officially start at midnight tonight.<\/p>\n

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\u2022Residents will not be allowed to go jogging or walk their dogs, everyone will be confined to their homes for 21 days.<\/p>\n

\u2022Apart from medical treatment, pharmacy visits and limited grocery shopping outings, no other movement will be allowed.<\/p>\n

\u2022The homeless will be housed in tents at Kees Taljaard Stadium during the lockdown, while Botshabelo has been chosen as Steve Tshwete\u2019s official quarantine area.<\/p>\n

\u2022Residents that do travel during emergencies will have to identify themselves to the police and may escort the resident to wherever they need to be.<\/p>\n

\u2022All the town\u2019s exits will be closed by roadblocks manned by the SANDF, SAPS and local traffic department.<\/p>\n

\u2022The N4 and N12 will be closed during the 21-day lockdown.<\/p>\n

\u2022The Middelburg Provincial Hospital will be open from 08:00 till 19:00 daily.<\/p>\n

\u2022The hospital is not ready or equipped to deal with any positive coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n

\u2022Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mbombela is still the province\u2019s official quarantine hospital for critical cases.<\/p>\n

\u2022Gender-based violence should be reported on 013 243 4089.<\/p>\n

\u2022The 10111 lines will also be open.<\/p>\n

\u2022All residents that don\u2019t adhere to the regulations will be arrested and face six months in jail.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\u00a0Tune in to the Middelburg Observer\u2019s Facebook page for an interview with Municipal Manager Mr Bheki Khenisa at 11:30.<\/b><\/p>\n

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On Thursday Mayor Bagudi Tolo, Steve Tshwete Council Speaker Andries Mabena, municipal management and the municipality\u2019s communications department gathered at the Bhimy Damane Street bridge to distribute pamphlets to the Mhluzi community on the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts during the national lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":113775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[24014,24015,23676,24016,23726,24011,24020,24010,12898,24017,24019,24018,10333,24013,24012],"class_list":["post-113765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-all-you-need-to-know-about-south-africas-national-lockdown","tag-can-i-walk-my-dog-during-lockdown","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19-lockdown","tag-covid-19","tag-dos-and-donts-for-middelburg-lockdown","tag-lockdown-regulations-for-south-africa","tag-locxal-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-national-state-of-disaster","tag-south-africa-lockdown-regulations","tag-steve-tshwete-local-municipality-lockdown-regulations","tag-trusted-news","tag-what-is-allowed-during-national-lockdown","tag-what-is-allowed-during-south-africa-lockdown"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["all you need to know about South Africa's national lockdown","can i walk my dog during lockdown","Coronavirus","covid 19 lockdown","Covid-19","do's and don'ts for middelburg lockdown","lockdown regulations for south africa","locxal news","middelburg news","national state of disaster","south africa lockdown regulations","Steve tshwete local municipality lockdown regulations","trusted news","what is allowed during national lockdown","what is allowed during south africa lockdown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}