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National state of disaster ends before court deadline to amend lockdown regulations

While the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered that the lockdown regulations, which were declared invalid and unconstitutional, be amended within 14 days, the national state of disaster is set to lapse before that deadline. On Tuesday, Judge Norman Davis found that, while the declaration of a national state of disaster to fight the Covid-19 pandemic was rational, many of the promulgated regulations for Level 4 and 3 of […]

today4 June 2020

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Govt faces another legal challenge over legality of lockdown regulations

The government will face yet another legal challenge over the legality of the lockdown when the Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) and its president Reyno de Beer bring an urgent challenge in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday. LFN, which identifies itself as a renegade social justice organisation, is challenging the legitimacy of all the lockdown regulations promulgated by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, […]

today20 May 2020

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80 infections confirmed in Western Cape-Eastern Cape cross travel

The number of people infected with the COVID-19 virus who travelled from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape during the seven-day grace period for travel between provinces now stands at 80. Travellers between the provinces were tested during the week at the Tstitsikamma and Aberdeen border lines. Spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Department of Health, Sizwe Kupelo, says nearly 2 100 travellers were tested this week and more than […]

today8 May 2020

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Government data tracking during Covid-19 poses risks, says researcher

Telecommunication lockdown regulations aimed at fighting Covid-19 and aid contact-tracing efforts pose the risk of being misused, according to Murray Hunter who is an independent researcher and information rights activist. Hunter was speaking with Professor Jane Duncan, the head of the department of journalism at the University of Johannesburg, during an online discussion on Covid-19 digital tracking on Wednesday. He said there was always a risk when it came to […]

today16 April 2020

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Police issue warning to those breaking lockdown regulations

Police have warned members of the public violating the lockdown regulations to be ready to face the full might of the law. About 17 000 people have been arrested since the beginning of the 21 day national lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The deadly virus which was first discovered in China last December has claimed the lives of eleven South Africans and has infected 1655 . Police spokesperson […]

today6 April 2020

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Ministers slam those who seek to undermine national lockdown

Police Minister Bheki Cele said 55 people were arrested for breaking regulations on the first day of SA’s 21-day lockdown. He was speaking in Pretoria at an inter-ministerial briefing on the back of day one of the national lockdown. The lockdown began at midnight on Thursday and saw the SA Police Service, metro police officers and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) deployed across the country to enforce it. Cele […]

today28 March 2020

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