Government has today put in the public domain a draft framework for the Risk-Adjusted Strategy to bring different sectors of the economy under Level Four of the Lockdown back to work as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. In undertaking the Risk Adjusted Strategy, the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 intends to sequence and phased in key sectors and priority areas with a view to deepening the fight against COVID-19 whilst simultaneously rebuilding our economy.

1. MEDIA STATEMENT
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: SCHEDULE OF SERVICESTO BE PHASED IN AS PER THE COVID-19RISK
ADJUSTED STRATEGY
Governmenthastodayput inthe publicdomainadraft frameworkforthe Risk-AdjustedStrategyto
bringdifferentsectorsof the economyunderLevel Fourof the Lockdownbackto workas
announcedbyPresidentCyrilRamaphosa.Inundertakingthe RiskAdjustedStrategy,the National
CoronavirusCommandCouncil (NCCC) andthe MinisterialAdvisoryCommitteeonCOVID-19intends
to sequence andphasedinkeysectorsandpriorityareaswitha view todeepeningthe fightagainst
COVID-19whilstsimultaneouslyrebuildingoureconomy.
In thisregard,sectorsand businessorganisations/trade unionsandmembersof the publicare
invitedtosubmitcommentsonthe schedule of servicestobe phasedinasperthe Covid-19Risk
AdjustedStrategytobe implementedwitheffectfrom01 May 2020. The draft frameworkcanbe
accessedon:https://sacoronavirus.co.za/covid-19-risk-adjusted-strategy/and
https://www.gcis.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/goods-services-movement-1.pdf.
Note that the classificationof sectorsinthe draftframeworkfollowsthe StandardIndustrial
Classifications(SIC)aspublishedbyStatisticsSouthAfrica.Where anentire divisionispermitted,it
shouldbe assumedthatall subgroupingsare permittedaswell.Where onlycertainsubgroupingsare
specificallypermittedwithinadivision,itshouldbe assumedthatothersubgroupingsare not.
In the document,whenmovingbetweenlevels,the greentextmeansadditionsorchangesfromthe
priorlevel.Forexample,Level 4nowadds forestryandrelatedservicestoAgriculture.
Feedbackand/orcommentsshouldbe submittedinwritingpreferablyforLevel Fourandfollowing
the attachedguidelines.SouthAfricawill be movingtolevel 4economicactivityasof 1 May 2020
hence commentsparticularlyonthe proposalsascontainedinLevel 4isencouraged.
Completedsubmissionsmustbe returnedviaemail tolockdowncomments@cogta.gov.zaby12h00,
on Monday,27 April 2020.
IssuedbyGovernmentCommunicationandInformationSystem(GCIS)
25 April 2020