South African President has announced tightening of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions as the country entered the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The Gauteng province has been hard hit by the coronavirus restrictions, accounting for two-thirds of the 40 percent increase in infections across the country in the past week. The Government has imposed the higher level-3 of the COVID-19 lockdown regulations, effective from Tuesday, June 15, midnight local time. As part of the level-3 alert, a night curfew will be imposed which will start at 10 p.m. and end at 4 a.m. local time. Public gatherings have been limited to a maximum of 50 people indoors and 100 outdoors. South Africa has so far reported 1,761,066 COVID-19 infections and 58,087 deaths due to the coronavirus.

With regard to international outbound flights -
(a) subject to the travel requirements of the country of destination, a passenger must provide the Operator with a valid negative PCR test certificate or a valid negative COVID-19 test certificate from an accredited laboratory, certified by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority ( "SAHPRA ") and South African National Accreditation System ( "SANAS ");
(b) an Operator is responsible for ensuring that passengers comply with COVID-19 requirements of the country of destination; and
(c) Operators must familiarise themselves with the public health measures, including testing requirements, at the destination airports prior to departure.