Cabinet

There were reports over the weekend that national ministers are to be deployed to the Covid-19-ravaged Western Cape.Cabinet members cannot legally take over provinces' executive functions, but there is room for intervention.The Western Cape government is still in the dark about this intervention.As the "deployment" of national ministers to the Western Cape is afoot, the…

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu delivering a post Cabinet briefing on Thursday. (Jan Gerber/News24) Cabinet approved a month-long extension of South Africa's national state of disaster.The DA called for Parliament to be included in Cabinet's decision-making.The IFP said the extension was necessary and that the government needed to go back to the drawing board.President…

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu. (Jan Gerber, News24) Cabinet is to appeal the high court judgment declaring Level 4 and Level 3 lockdown regulations invalid. Minister Jackson Mthembu is confident that another court will come back with a different judgment.Level 3 regulations remain in force during the appeal.Cabinet on Thursday announced it would appeal the…

constitutionality of the NCCC has been questioned by lawyers and opposition parties alike, with demands for access to minutes of how decisions are taken by the NCCC.The Presidency has previously defended the NCCC as a structure of Cabinet but questions have been raised about the authority it has to take decisions.Tuesday's Cabinet meeting will now…