State discussing alternative regulations for Covid-19
The Western Cape premier says extensions to the Disaster Management Act cannot be allowed indefinitely
15 October 2020 - 16:22
The government is debating how to devise a new legal framework for managing the coronavirus, to enable it to lift the national state of disaster, Western Cape premier Alan Winde said on Thursday.
The three-month state of disaster declared by President Cyril Ramaphosa on March 15 under the Disaster Management Act has been repeatedly extended to allow the government to retain the legal tools needed to impose controls on trade, travel and mass gatherings in response to Covid-19...
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