Tax Justice South Africa has condemned the announcement by government’s national command council on coronavirus sale of cigarettes and tobacco products will remain prohibited next month when South Africa enters level four of the nationwide lockdown, reversing last week's announcement that cigarettes will be sold from 1 May.

Lloyd and Laetitia Flanagan, together with their travel agent Nicolle Bester, began a rescue mission to get all South Africans stranded in the Maldives home.

Grocery delivery has now become popular in many parts of the country because of its convenience.