Spectators Return to Shows

 
Cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has published a new gazette, updating South Africa’s lockdown level 1 restrictions to allow sports venues to open to spectators.

According to the gazette, venues for both professional and non-professional sports can now open for spectators to attend, but they are still limited to the country’s overarching gathering restrictions.

That means that:

• Indoor sports venues can have a maximum of 750 people in attendance;
• Outdoor sports venues can have a maximum of 2,000 people in attendance;
• If a venue is too small to accommodate these maximum limits, the limit is at 50% of that venue’s capacity.

The gazette puts the liability on the venue owner or event organiser to ensure these limits are adhered to, failing which they could be fined or face six months in prison. The new regulations are effective immediately

To access the Government Gazette 45297 released by Government today, click here to download.