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| Coronavirus: South African bride and groom arrested over lockdown wedding | Coronavirus: South African bride and groom arrested over lockdown wedding |
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| Married life got off to an unexpected start for a pair of newlyweds in South Africa when police showed up to the party. | Married life got off to an unexpected start for a pair of newlyweds in South Africa when police showed up to the party. |
| They had received a tip-off that the wedding in KwaZulu-Natal was happening on Sunday despite a nationwide ban on all public gatherings because of coronavirus. | They had received a tip-off that the wedding in KwaZulu-Natal was happening on Sunday despite a nationwide ban on all public gatherings because of coronavirus. |
| All 50 wedding guests, the pastor who conducted the ceremony, and the newlyweds themselves were promptly arrested and taken to a police station outside Richards Bay. | |
| The whole group is to be charged in court on Monday. | The whole group is to be charged in court on Monday. |
| Widely circulated videos show the moment the besuited groom helps his wife into the back of a police van in her white wedding dress, complete with train and veil: | Widely circulated videos show the moment the besuited groom helps his wife into the back of a police van in her white wedding dress, complete with train and veil: |
| The couple have not yet been named by police or local media. | The couple have not yet been named by police or local media. |
| The uMhlathuze municipality said the newlyweds would be "spending their honeymoon under stringent bail conditions". | |
| South Africa, which has 1,655 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 11 deaths, is now in the second week of one of the world's strictest lockdowns. | South Africa, which has 1,655 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 11 deaths, is now in the second week of one of the world's strictest lockdowns. |
| It has seen mobile testing units as well as drive-through testing centres being rolled out. Soon the country will be able to test 30,000 people every day. | It has seen mobile testing units as well as drive-through testing centres being rolled out. Soon the country will be able to test 30,000 people every day. |
| Nothing but essential movement is permitted, and there is even a ban on buying alcohol and cigarettes. | Nothing but essential movement is permitted, and there is even a ban on buying alcohol and cigarettes. |
| Correspondents say South Africa's response to the pandemic has been ruthlessly efficient. | Correspondents say South Africa's response to the pandemic has been ruthlessly efficient. |
| The lockdown has been imposed for an initial period of three weeks. | The lockdown has been imposed for an initial period of three weeks. |