Originally Posted by
johan rebel
Tourism regulations have just been announced. Just gotta love those too!
"Game parks and private game farms may open their gates to visitors again from Monday, when Alert Level 3 kicks in, tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced on Saturday night. "Public and private game farms have been opened for self-drive excursions," she said, stressing that no group tours will be allowed, and visitors will have to use their own vehicles. Visitors may not cross provincial boundaries to reach game parks for such drives. Under Level 3, provincial borders are technically closed to those who can not show a need to travel on essential business. Game parks also have to kick out visitors every day; accommodation establishments may still only serve those who can show they are travelling on business."
Absolutely brilliant! Private game reserves do not allow self-drives, and very few take day visitors, so they might as well all stay shut. The Mpumlanga-Limpopo border cuts right through the Kruger National Park, and slices through reserves such as Thornybush, so day visitors had better figure out where exactly that border runs.
Hunting is also allowed, so arguably it will allow some game reserves to open, although it beats me why those activities are allowed while almost any other non-professional sport or leisure activity which can be done just as safely much closer to where the majority of population lives is still banned.
I wonder if one has to carry a confirmed reservation to show at road blocks...
Originally Posted by
johan rebel
"Hiking is also expressly allowed again from Monday, 1 June, Kubayi-Ngubane said, under the same rules that apply to exercise in general, "meaning you are not allowed to do the hiking in groups". ...exercise is allowed only between 06:00 and 18:00 every day.
That means you can travel to and from a hiking destination at any time of day, but can only start walking at 6AM, and you must be back in your car or other form of transport by 6PM."
Simply bizarre. How exactly does the C-19 virus spread more easily at 5.58 a.m. or 6.13 p.m.? No hiking in groups? Outside in the breeze and fresh air the risk of contagion is negligible, especially if people stay a few meters apart. Shouldn't be too difficult on a hike.
Johan
And don't forget to close your car windows and not open them before 6:00AM, it is a well known scientific fact that C-19 goes to sleep during "day time".
The limit isn't specific to Hiking, it's the general "excersize" window, clearly somebody forgot that most people will be commuting or working during those hours