This article provides you with information as to what is considered an essential service by South African Government.
Businesses can only apply if they belong to this list of essential services categories:
• Health, Medical, Laboratory and medical services
• Emergency services, Disaster, Fire, EMS
• Finance, Banking, JSE/exchangers, insurance
• Production and sale Category A regulations goods
• Grocery stores, Spaza shops
• Electricity, water, gas, fuel supply and maintain
• Care services, social relief of distressed
• Funeral service, mortuaries
• Wildlife, anti-poaching, animal care, veterinary
• Newspaper, broadcasting, telecommunications
• Hygiene chemicals, medical, pharmaceutical
• Cleaning, sanitation, sewerage, waste removal
• Postal, courier, transport of medical products
• Private security services
• Air-traffic, Civil Aviation, Cargo Shipping
• Essential mining, Gold, gold refinery, coal
• Hotels, Accommodation, quarantine and isolation
• Supply, critical repair on essential service
• Transport essential staff, good and patients
• Tow trucks, vehicle recovery
• Call Centre for health safety social support
• Harvest and storage agricultural goods
TIP: For more information regarding this please check the Government Website here