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President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the end to the national state of disaster, with effect from midnight.
The State of Disaster, which was implemented began on the15 of March 2020, was introduced to deal with the COVID–19 pandemic outbreak.
However, the President stressed that the pandemic is not over.
Some of the restrictions of the state of disaster will remain for the next 30 days, while legislation is being put in place to address issues relating to the pandemic.
Ramaphosa says that we are in a better position now than we have been in the past 729 days.
Video: President Cyril Ramaphosa to address the nation on Monday evening
