AfriForum and DearSA have launched a court application challenging government’s regulations for managing COVID-19 after the end of the State of Disaster, reports TimesLIVE.
In the application, the organisations asked the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) to review and set aside the Minister of Health’s decision to publish regulations relating to the surveillance and control of notifiable medical conditions, which were published on 4 May. The organisations also want the court to declare the regulations to be inconsistent with the Constitution and invalid.
AfriForum and DearSA said if the health minister intends to oppose this application, he has to notify them in writing on or before 17 May.
TimesLIVE article – AfriForum, DearSA in court to fight extended COVID-19 regulations (Open access)
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