The South African Judiciary has published a series of directives which outline how much citizens will have to pay in ‘admission of guilt’ fines if they are found to breach the country’s lockdown rules.
- Buy goods that are not permitted: R500
- Illegally move children: R1000
- Illegally walk, run or cycle: R500
- Illegally leaving her or his place of residence between 8:00 pm and 5:00 am: R500
- Illegally moving between provinces, metropolitan areas and districts: R1000
- Illegal eviction of a person(s): R5000
- Failure to confine yourself to your place of residence. (Otherwise than mentioned below.) I.e. leave his or her place of residence illegally: R500
- Going to work without a permit: R500
- Sell, dispense or distribute liquor: R2000
- Sell tobacco products, e-cigarettes and related products: R1000
- Retail stores selling illegal goods: R1000
- Making a misrepresentation that any person is infected with Covid-19: R3000
- Publishing of any statement to deceive any other person about Covid-19: R2000
- Visit premises or places closed to the public: R1000
- Intentionally exposing someone to Covid-19: R5000
- Publishing of any statement to deceive any other person about the infection status of any person: R3000
- Publishing of any statement to deceive any other person about any measure taken by the Government to address Covid-19: R1000
- Disclosing any information contained in the Covid-19 Tracing Database: R1000
- Failure by accommodation establishment to transmit to the Director-General: Health, for inclusion in the Covid-19 Tracing Database, the required information regarding every person staying at the accommodation establishment during the period of lockdown: R2000
- Convening of a gathering: R3000
- Hinder/Interfere or obstruct an enforcement officer in the execution of his or her duties under the Disaster Management Act Regulations 2020: R2000
