On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced South Africa is moving to an adjusted version of lockdown Level 4. This means stricter lockdown measures across the country.
Among the most important new measures are the closure of schools from Wednesday, a ban on leisure travel to and from Gauteng and the closure of restaurants, which will only be allowed to serve takeaway meals.
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How will the new lockdown measures affect you? Does it have financial implications, or do you suddenly have to arrange for childcare?
Given this and the current surge of infections driven by the much more transmissible Delta variant of the virus, do you think the stricter lockdown measures are warranted?
We'd like to hear from you. Tell us in the comments below how the lockdown will affect you and whether you think government is taking the right steps to curb the spread of the virus, while still protecting livelihoods.
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