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Booze ban: Individual rights take back seat when considering collective rights 7 January 2021 10:25 AM Share This: Former magistrate Deon Pool says it s unlikely SAB will overturn government s alcohol ban during the current Covid-19 spike. The past 24 hour period confirms another 21,832 Cvid-19 infections in South Africa and 844 more deaths. The recent second alcohol ban was implemented to help mitigate the spread of the virus through large alcohol-fuelled superspreader events, as well as to free the country s hospitals to better cope with Cocie-19 patients. But the country s largest producer of beer is preparing to take government to court over this latest alcohol ban. ....
“I lock out any vaccine that is not of you.” “If there be any vaccine that is of the devil, meant to infuse triple-six in the lives of people, meant to corrupt their DNA, any such vaccine, Lord God Almighty, may it be destroyed by fire, in the name of Jesus.” He was speaking during a thanksgiving ceremony at Tembisa Hospital, which was televised on SABC. On Friday, at a media briefing to unpack the 2019/20 Judiciary Annual Report, Mogoeng was asked about his views on vaccines and the social media fallout following his prayer. The chief justice responded that he didn’t follow trends on Twitter. ....
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has defended his controversial prayer about Covid-19 vaccines. A legal expert has described the chief justice as a reverent, religious man, who has held talks about his passion, religion and dedication to his faith . But Judges Matter s Alison Tilley says judges should speak primarily through their judgments, as the code of conduct reflects. While Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng continues to receive some backlash for praying about a Covid-19 vaccine, a legal expert has described the judge as a reverent, religious man, who has held talks about his passion, religion and dedication to his faith . Speaking to News24 on Friday, advocate Deon Pool said: There must sometimes be a bit of a differentiation between the man and the office. I hear what he says, he s a leader of our community, he s chief justice of this country and that is his view. To my mind, that doesn t indicate anything legal or a particular provision that would indicat ....