Own Correspondent|South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has not ruled out the possibility of a lockdown extension.

According to the president, government will assess the effectiveness of the 21-day lockdown, which will end on 16 April, in the coming days.

Following the daily increase on number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa, Ramaphosa said it was unclear if the lockdown was working.

“We are still doing an assessment about the effectiveness of the lockdown. In terms of compliance, we are finding that many of our people throughout the country are abiding by the lockdown, and its regulations. There are pockets, here and there, of people who are still getting on with their lives as though there is no coronavirus.

“We will be able to make a proper, if you like, scientific assessment, in a few days’ time, to see how well this lockdown is serving the people of our country.”

However, the president said that without the lockdown, the infection rate in the country would have been much higher.