Lockdown regulations declared invalid and unconstitutional by high court

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The high court has ruled that government's lockdown regulations are not legal but they will nevertheless remain in place for at least the next 14 days.

16 Apr 2020 | Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma updates the nation on regulations pertaining to the extension of the lockdown | Image: Twitter / @governmentza

The court suspended the declaration of invalidity for a period of 14 days, however. This means that the Alert Level 3 regulations remain in operation for now. They echoed the same concerns as the DA, which took government to court in two separate matters that challenged the validity of some aspects of the hard lockdown.

“Under a state of emergency, the president may promulgate emergency regulations as are necessary of expedient to restore peace and order, but must make adequate provisions for terminating the state of emergency. The Cogta minister is not required by the DMA to describe how we will return to something resembling normality and in the Covid regulations, she has not.”

 

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So she must go

Does this mean madam 454 and her lies “Dlamini-Zuma” will be prosecuted for spreading fake news and lying to the Nation on live television about “2000 complaints”? She must be charged and arrested too. She’s not above the law.

This is what happens when you put women in the front seats to change gears 🤣🤣🤣

What would be this incompetent low IQ Space Cadets Response?

A win for the Rule of Law and Citizens. When the people told government that many of the Regulations are irrational the government ignored them. Now the court has spoken. Will government listen? You have 14 days, comrades.

Covid19SA just 1 of over 100 countries in lockdown to StopTheSpread & SaveLives with hundreds of thousands DYING! Some of us r part of the solution. Imagine if we had dismal intervention from our country, like USA, UK? This crisis is new. SA is 2 b commended. How r u helping?

It's time to hold these corrupt dictators accountable. throw the book at them...

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Quite alot about South Africa is unconstitutional. Keep throwing the constittuon in their face and at some point instead of wiping their ass with it they will simply change it and make their destructive ways legal.

What about all the people arrested for violating these regulations?

Let her admit on TV that the regulations was rubbish, and that she did it to profit personally.

What's wrong Mara with these captured judges

ikemaboe And why use a picture of a minister over that of a president.

So gogo bring us cigarettes

How can something declared unconstitutional and be allowed to run for the next 14 days it doesn't make sense

Obvious

Make her allow the sale of cigarettes

I find par 7 VERY interesting. I ask my self, whose interests are the applicants really fighting for? Also par 8.2 second sentence. I didn't know that cigarette ban can make sanity go out of the window? Overall I think NDZ should appeal this judgement🤔

So we can sue the government for the lost of our business and income?

Minister must tell the nation how man smokers,who Corona virus positive & how many who died! Stop the banning of health official regulated constitutional legal cigarettes before toxic illicit cigarettes kill more addicted & disparate smokers!! Save& protect citizens smoking toxic

Does it mean tobacco can be sold and restaurants can open?

This comes directly at the face of Ramaphosa and I don't know why Citizen used the picture of Nkosazana, she's not the face of government, Lockdown announcement comes directly from Union Buildings at night time.

So y NDZs pics and not ur fav?

Mna, I am a slow learner. I am just going to read the judgement to figure out how the cigatette made sanity to fly out of the window? Whether this judgement is against NDZ or NCCC?

An incompetent government. They can’t even do a lockdown correctly. An “open up” is much more difficult. Cry the beloved country.

Let us show respect for the judiciary, they are there to make sure that our rights are not infringed and that no one is above the law

Vatso vir powerdrunk smoked looters of power.

This is the judiciary claimed to be in the President’s pocket🤔

Proof thst imbaciles are running the country

Good time for ParliamentofRSA to ignore apartheid judiciary or fix it once and for all.

If Level 3 and 4 are unconstitutional, then it's time to go back to level 5 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Corona is not constitutional either

Ja ANC

Amongst others, it is time for her to step down

We all know that the OCJ_RSA is captured ....they are in the payroll of someone

But wasn't our president CyrilRamaphosa party to drafting our esteemed constitution? Now he's party to flouting it.

Another misleading Headline! Pity for Journalism!

God forgive me as I was taught not to hate, but I hate this woman!! Wish her no harm, but detest her nonetheless. No one will convince me she isn't evil

Finally this circus time almost over. Jisses Kopdoek Dlamini Zuma. I am so glad the high Court see that you are not suitable to make the rules...

Thats what we have been saying all along, this is a Constitutional Democracy u cant just declare a clandestine state of emergency, using the fear of the virus as an excuse. As citizens we are adults with fundamental civil rights and not kids in someone households.

Finally some sort of sanity.....we have been subjected to nonsense for too long...... The regulations are indeed unconditional...thank you High Court

From here onwards, DlaminiZuma must resign and go home to her children. I would be thrilled if she could go to jail to rot

Plundering the country and nation into starvation cannot go unaddressed much longer.

So we can burn these masks and go sit in our fav restaurants and eat, and start pushing each other ko taxi rank?

That's how powerful this tobacco unbanning is Even the courts are toeing the line.

Old Cyril selected the best hd had and they stuffed up good and properly.

Imagine what they are still capable of during the next 14 days...

After 2 months ...suddenly the courts rule ...just wondering if the High Court has an alternative way of protecting citizens against Covid ...

It's a collective

Lockdown regulations are a violation of human rights. With my little law acquaintance, I've vetoed this.

Yip, they didn't want to listen to Professor Glenda Gray. She said the Lockdown regulations were not based on science. They weren't listening to their own scientific advisers.

Cele 250 000 fines for breaking 'illegal' Covid19SA rules are down the drain.

These courts...🤔

Tomorrow whe go fir a haircut right?

Why using Mama Dlamini’s photo

DlaminiZuma

Stupid black people with their white bass are making it like is NDZ regulations wow look at this useless newspaper call Citizen Why NDZ . You don't know who is president of this country.

Unconstitutional sister! ⚡ ⚡ ⚡

All those crying about the courts and judges will change their tune very quickly once they end up in a situation when they may need protection from government. In fact, this ruling is exactly that. Some just dont get it.

In your face😀👍

White Supremacists have taken their first to the Courts. Clear and Simple

Unless this results in the Crook-in-a-Doek donning an orange onesie and seeing out her remaining days behind bars then it counts for naught.

I have been saying this since day 1, and I am just a layman. This countries 'leaders' who were all part of the fight for freedom somehow, should know this better than most! But guess they have short memories!

'They must be grateful we even complied in the first place.'

More intelligent than the current motly lot

We all know that our government is 'all knowing' ... the minister of health has more knowledge than doctors and scientists,etc. So they are surely exalted above the law and therefore do not need the help of lawyers Simon

Cyril really played her. Big time. Pushed her out in front.

If “invalid regulations” were a person

Lol I'm sure they will say the courts are captured 😅😅😅😅😅yuuuuuuuu

Captured JUDICIARY and cheerleaders of RUPERT.

BAT suing government and these ministers for billions. So all arrests made in the period are wrongful arrests. Court won’t be able to handle all the litigation to come.

Dustbin mlambo 's judgement ar all useless n his the law unto himself

DA judge yamasimba

Constitutional court will give us the judgement,

😂😂😂😂😂

So government are snookered. If they try and fight this and lose then there goes all their credibility. If they fight this somehow win then they not a listening government. Only option is to change te rules. 🍿🍿

Like i ve been saying, kak regulations

...but that’s what we said!

trixasis4 It’s high time for a few quality class actions.

By time this was just a ploy for them to enforce their own laws on us ANCMustFall

We welcome the courts decision in upholding the Constitution values guarantee to all.

White media is so annoying,, dd nkosazana set those regulations? Y don't you put Cyril,, he is the one who announced those regulations,, niyadina Nina mhlathi yenu

petermoyo6 If nonsense was a person

openup

Yoh totally agree people have been arrested just for being outside at 8pm I think it’s ridiculous that our people get criminal records even when they not criminals. These is serious and can affect the livelihoods of our people.

Woooohooooo!! In your face CyrilRamaphosa PresidencyZA DlaminiZuma 🖕🏻

Constitutional court will say different, bought Courts dont count much

LockdownRegulations that dont allow, Bail at a PoliceStation for a Petty Offense?

Myntjie This is not how a dictatorship must work. Expecting someone of the ANC to condemn this judgement.

They Better Lift the Ban on our Cigarettes mani

This judgement should be celebrated! Even some of us that never went to law school knew that we were being taken for a ride here. Now what’s left is for the lockdown to be lifted and economy to be fully open

Imagine if all intellectuals were ANC members we would be in deep shit....Bheki Cele spot light gone nw

Now what is going to happen? Charge the prepaid president.

The right picture should have been that of CR not o gogo

You ban sale of cigarettes , allow illicit market to grow. People continue smoking. You are not solving anything. You are just becoming a problem.

Invalid are those whites who advised Ramaphosa about these lockdown regulations

Well done DA🤣

I knew Nkosazana Zuma was too much running our country like a dictatorship.

But why put put DlaminiZuma because she a minister and the president CyrilRamaphosa is head of the executive and chair of the command council.

Even kindergarten could see this total BS!!!

Fck yeah

It's amazing that you can say the minister's regulations 'fail the rationality test', but you cannot say 'the minister is a moron' Let me say it for you - the minister is a moron!

This thing of SA being ran by Courts its annoying

She even lied about the number of ppl voted in favour of that frivolous tobbaco ban amongst others.The Mazzotis and Edward Zoomer were left with eggs on their faces

calaytia

what is the response of the fascist MYANC and the fascist SAHRCommission?

If she ddnt ban Ciggas we wouldnt be here.. Bring back our Ciggas Gogo

This should be breaking news and should interrupt sabc transmission in all its importance and urgency! It's very significant in so many ways far beyond that of just the lockdown regulations but rather showing government that the court will hear the people when they refuse to!

Y isnt this all over the media. This is major

After unxanwa kangaka..

But why only effective in 14 days? lockDownSouthAfrica

Put the face of the President.

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