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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Pretoria – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Wednesday said more than 20 000 people have been arrested and\/or fined for breaching the Disaster Management Act, including not wearing face masks, since the start of the adjusted level 3 lockdown from December 29.<\/p>\n

Cele revealed that 7 455 people were apprehended for not wearing face masks in public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese arrests were made despite people being told continuously to wear their masks. Wearing a mask is mandatory and people caught without one in public are committing an offence. The wearing of masks is both for your safety and the safety of others around you,\u201d said Cele.<\/p>\n

A further 834 people were arrested for liquor-related infringements, such as for the sale, dispensing, distribution and transporting of alcohol.<\/p>\n

Cele commended the majority of South Africans who are complying with the adjusted regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to stress the point that the law enforcement agencies do not enjoy making these arrests as these laws are there to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus that\u2019s ravaging our country. However, officers of the SAPS are left with no choice but to act in the interest of saving lives. Therefore, I urge everyone who resides within our borders to respect the laws of this land,\u201d said Cele.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regulations are among our arsenal against this deadly virus and failure to comply with them, certainly will result in more people being infected and more lives being lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the start of the national lockdown imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19 in March last year, more than 342 000 people have been arrested for contravening the Disaster Management Act.<\/p>\n

African News Agency (ANA)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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