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This week's high court judgment on the rationality of lockdown regulations emphasised the necessity for the government to strike a delicate balance between the rights of citizens to maintain a livelihood, as much as it is crucial to protect citizens from the effects of Covid-19, writes attorney Bulelwa Mabasa.  On Tuesday, Judge Norman Davis handed…

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (PHOTO: Gallo Images) The national state of disaster lapses on 14 June after having been in place for three months.The High Court judgment has given Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 14 days to amend lockdown regulations, but this deadline takes place after the national state of disaster ends.If the national state of disaster is not extended, the lockdown regulations…

By Layal Liverpool A fragment of the Dead Sea ScrollsCourtesy of The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library, Israel Antiquities Authority, Photo by Shai Halevi Fresh evidence from DNA analysis is helping to piece together the Dead Sea Scrolls – 25,000 fragments of parchment discovered in the Qumran caves and surrounding areas in the…

If figures from a UCT study are correct, Adriano Mazzotti's Carnilinx has quintupled its share of the South African cigarette market.BAT and FITA – of which Mazzotti and Carnilinx are members – are heading to court to challenge Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's cigarette ban. He has used this challenge as proof he is not in cahoots…

Ramaphosa, in delivering seven national addresses since the start of the lockdown, hasn’t faced one press conference - not one - where he can be asked to explain and clarify and expand on the myriad issues in the public domain, writes Pieter du Toit.Over the past 48 hours it seems as if government's policy and…