“We submit that in this case the courts should show caution before encroaching upon the terrain of the national executive in deference and respect to the hallowed principle of separation of powers,” said counsel for minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Rusty Mogagabe SC.
Religious groups challenging the earlier ban on faith-based gatherings have argued before the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg that the case is about justification.
The question of mootness was raised in a high court challenge to the ban on faith-based gatherings, as the regulations which are the subject of the special motion are no longer in place.
The "irrational and arbitrary" decision to ban religious gatherings is being challenged in a virtual sitting of the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.