Video & Pictures: Couples in Nkandla arrested on wedding day for violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations

50 arrested at a wedding day for violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations 

Today police arrested 50 people who were attending a wedding at eNseleni outside richards bay. This will see the about-to-be newlyweds spending their honeymoon under stringent bail conditions.Among the arrested is the pastor who was officiating matrimony.

The pair may be the same Ematshenezimpisi couple who were arrested last Saturday during their wedding ceremony. All who were attending the wedding are take to emphangeni police station to register their cases and to arrange for bail condition and their cases will be dealt with after the lockdown period, this may be a different couple.

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Empangeni police, together with traffic officials, moved in shortly after the couple had committed themselves to each other. Members of the SA National Defence Force appeared in the captured video.

Video Couples in Nkandla arrested on wedding day for violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations pic.twitter.com/Wr0urxnlj5

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The Mayor in Nkandla Thami Ntuli spoke to the Zululand Observer after the incident that people should adhere to the lockdown lockdown rules and regulations to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Groom Jabulani Zulu, 48, and his 38-year-old bride Nomthandazo Mkhize were arrested last weekend for contravening the Disaster Management Act and restrictions on the gathering of people during the lockdown.

-Mzansi Stories