It has been 20 days since President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the nation regarding the country's response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
South-Africa's State of Disaster expires on Saturday but with the country still stuck on Lockdown Level 3 this is expected to be extended.
With the slowdown in infections and the comparatively low Covid-19 mortality rate in South Africa, there is a growing expectation that the government will announce further relaxations to current Level 3 restrictions this month.
The National Covid-19 Command Council is meeting this week to discuss the issue.
The continued ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco products is one of the topics believed to up for discussion.
In a hard-hitting statement on Tuesday, the DA strongly urged the President to end the continued ban on alcohol and tobacco sales.
The party said the ban on the sale of tobacco and alcohol had cost the SA government an estimated R8 billion in taxes.
