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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. (GCIS) The levels 3 and 4 judgment is flawed and if it goes on appeal it will most likely be overturned, says an expert.The judgment falls short by failing to engage with each regulation and demonstrate the irrationality, another one adds.Another expert says the judgment raises important questions of constitutional principle regarding the…

The Norman Davis judgment on the lockdown regulations may pave the way for more lawsuits.The judgment found that many of the Level 3 and 4 lockdown regulations were unconstitutional and invalid.A declaration of invalidity, which is retrospective, means that conduct performed under an invalidated law is stripped of its authority in law.The Gauteng High Court judgment,…

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (GCIS) High Court Judge Norman Davis has given Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 14 days to amend lockdown regulations, however, the national state of disaster is set to lapse before that deadline.Davis has slammed some of the regulations, saying there are millions of South Africans who operate in…

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…

Reyno de Beer. (Supplied) Liberty Fighters Network president Reyno de Beer said the South African government underestimated him.  The organisation won a case against the government to declare the lockdown regulations invalid.  De Beer said if the government appealed, it would be a "slap in the face of the people of South Africa".  Reyno de Beer's Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) on Tuesday won…