Day2: Foundation challenges government's 21-day coronavirus lockdown at ConCourt StayAtHomeSA
Pretoria – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola on Saturday said his department will oppose the Constitutional Court challenge launched by an undisclosed foundation which is against the 21-day lockdown which is part of the declaration of the national state of disaster announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in a bid to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus .
“That can be tested by the court, and the reality is that we are dealing with a novel complex matter which in terms of the regulatory frameworks, in terms of the common law and legal prescripts we are entering uncharted territories which from time to time we need check with practicing lawyers in terms of the routes that we are taking to ensure that everything is done within the prescripts of the law.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the protective structures which are at the national level have cascaded to the provinces and municipalities across South Africa. Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu on Friday announced that South Africa's current Covid-19 infection figure was 1,170.
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