The case involves the unlawfulness of permits and other government licensing requirements for businesses, Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux said.
Pretoria – Business organisation Sakeliga has launched a court case hoping to alter the coronavirus lockdown regulations across all levels.
"No amount of stimulus can repair this, especially not the kind where government puts ideology above need. The economy must reopen and all lockdown regulations that are not essential for health should be set aside.” “As our court papers show, and as is common knowledge by now, most business in the country are unable to obtain certificates from the CIPC or municipal permits from non-functioning municipalities.
"The regulations stipulate that several types of businesses, including so-called small-scale bakeries, confectionaries and hardware stores, as well as informal and micro restaurants and shisanyamas, and tradesmen and artisans’ businesses, may not operate without a licence from a municipality," Le Roux said.
In its papers, Sakeliga took issue with government’s approach to lockdown directives, which was to declare virtually all conduct outside of people’s homes illegal, unless expressly permitted by government.
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