DA asks court to end lockdown ban on personal care services
Gyms, hairdressers and tattoo parlours are being deprived of the right to practise their trade, says MP Dean Macpherson
08 June 2020 - 20:11
More of the government’s lockdown regulations are set to come under legal scrutiny after the DA on Monday filed urgent papers in the high court in Cape Town to have the ban and criminalisation of “personal care” services, which includes hairdressers, declared invalid and unconstitutional.
Under current lockdown regulations, personal care providers as well as fitness services such as gyms remain prohibited, with the government viewing them as high risk in terms of the spread of Covid-19...
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