Students to fight government’s ‘unconstitutional’ Covid-19 rules in court
A group called Progress wants the disaster regulations to be redrafted and says the constitution does not allow such strict limits on movement, working and freedom as have been imposed when it would be possible to control the spread of the virus with less stringent measures
29 May 2020 - 06:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa, trade & industry minister Ebrahim Patel, co-operative governance minister Nkosasana Dlamini-Zuma and the government are being hauled to court by a group of UCT students who argue the national command council (NCC) is unconstitutional.
The students, along with a few recent graduates, are part of a group called Progress, which is arguing that the NCC violates the principle of accountable and transparent government...
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