Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is set to appeal, virtually as per Covid-19 lockdown guidelines issued by government since last year, a judgment made in June by the Pretoria High Court which ruled that while declaring a state of disaster was rational, the overwhelming number of accompanying regulations were irrationally conceived, thus declaring all Disaster Management Act regulations as unconstitutional and invalid.
Instead of hearing the matter in person on Wednesday, Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Appeal Christiaan van der Merwe informed the two parties the hearing would be held virtually. There’s more to this story
Government back in court over the validity and rationality of lockdown in South Africa
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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is expected to appeal a High Court ruling this week, which could have serious implications for the country’s lockdown levels going forward.
The appeal follows a June 2020 North Gauteng High Court ruling which found that South Africa’s level 3 and level 4
While the High Court found that the declaration of the state of disaster in the country was rational, it agreed that there were numerous regulations that did not pass the “rationality test” of serving the government’s stated goal of preventing the spread of Covid-19.
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Judge agrees with ‘absurdity’ of beach ban
LFN pointed to the ridiculousness of banning beach visits in its campaign to contain the spread of the virus, and claimed the science behind mask-wearing is unconvincing. The group also wants the ban on religious gatherings overturned, though Judge Davis said this had been rendered moot by the latest amendment to the lockdown regulations allowing for church gatherings up to certain limits.
Despite a judgment that appears to go heavily against LFN, Davis did agree with some aspects of the LFN case, such as the âabsurdityâ of the beach ban, which has since been lifted.
SA lockdown is legal, says court
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Pretoria - Lockdown regulations are here to stay for now, including that it is compulsory for everyone to wear a mask when in a public space.
Yesterday the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, ruled against Reyno de Beer and his group Liberty Fighters Network’s application to have the extension of the National State of Disaster and its regulations declared invalid.
In handing down his judgment, Judge Norman Davis also did not entertain De Beer’s application for the court to hold Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in contempt of court by allegedly not adhering to some of the orders made by him in June last year.