Second high court ruling validates beach closures
The Pretoria High Court ruled that the state has a constitutional obligation to protect the health of its citizens or inhabitants
In the second high court judgment in as many days the Pretoria High Court has dismissed three urgent applications seeking to overturn the government’s decision to close beaches in the Eastern Cape and on the Garden Route over the festive season.
Judge Hans Fabricius ruled on Wednesday that in the matters brought by the Kouga local municipality, the Great Brak River Business Forum, the Buffelsbaai Home Owners Association and the Plettenberg Bay Tourism Association that any infringement of rights resulting from the ban was justified in terms of the constitution. The decision to close the beaches, he said, was not irrational or unlawful...
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