Solidarity says it won’t allow the government to turn a temporary pandemic into an eternal lockdown.
Labour union Solidarity has launched legal action against the new “limited” health regulations to contain the spread of Covid-19, which took effect on Thursday, 5 May 2022.
These transitional regulations were to remain in effect for 30 days after the state of disaster lifted, giving the government time to develop suitable rules for managing the pandemic outside a crisis scenario. “This is totally unacceptable, and it has taken the country back to family meetings with the immediate effect of lockdowns,” Hermann stated.
“Public input is not just for the semblance of participation but must indeed be considered,” he added. Hermann said the government brought the urgency of the measures upon itself and was steamrolling a “rushed product” to regulate South Africans’ health.“The most draconic and worrying of the new regulations is the fact that the minister of health can arbitrarily decide to enact or withdraw them.”
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