BREAKING: South Africa to shut all mines, furnaces as
#0183;#32;South Africa will enter a 21day nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday March 26 and ordered the countrys metals and mining operations to be placed on care and maintenance. In an address to the nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the move was in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019nCoV) and would last until midnight on April 16.