Judgement: Victory for freedom to do business in South Africa
“The court case is a victory for freedom to do business in South Africa. Under the guise of a medical crisis, the state was implementing a general system of business licensing in South Africa,” says Piet le Roux, CEO of Sakeliga.
Documentation for court case against business licensing
This post provides links to information and papers as filed in Sakeliga’s court case against business licensing. UPDATE: The consolidated bundle, paginated and as used in court, is now available. It includes everything listed below. Click here. Old links: Summary of court case, click here. Complete bundle by Sakeliga’s legal team, click here. Sakeliga’s founding affidavit […]
Sakeliga cautions against state mediation after two attempts
Parties attempting this mediation risk facing a partial facilitator and the state delaying their cases, while suffering uninterrupted material harm under arbitrary and unlawful lockdown regulations.
Lockdown: 50% could go bankrupt within three months – Sakeliga poll
More than 50% of the 706 respondents taking part in the business group Sakeliga’s latest Covid-19 business impact poll during the first part of May indicated that their businesses could go bankrupt within three months if the lockdown is continued in its present form. In addition, more than eight out of every 10 respondents expected […]
Sakeliga launches landmark case against lockdown
Business group Sakeliga has launched a case that could alter lockdown across all levels. The case involves the unlawfulness of permits and other government licensing requirements for businesses. Sakeliga is asking the High Court to set aside a range of licensing requirements implemented under the state of disaster, and to protect businesses, non-profits, and employees […]
Notice: Sakeliga announces litigation against lockdown regulations
Sakeliga will ask the court to set aside virtually all permit requirements prescribed by national government…
Lockdown a disaster in the making
The sound of businesses shutting their doors and workers joining the ranks of the unemployed are fast becoming the hallmarks of this lockdown. It is an economic, humanitarian, and social disaster in the making. 19% of businesses recently polled by Sakeliga expect to go bankrupt within the next month, and 32% within the next three months. Yet tonight President Cyril […]
Sakeliga invites businesses to report obstruction by law-enforcement
Business group Sakeliga is preparing litigation to undo or mitigate the permit system for doing business. Its goal is to restore the right to work and do business, by preventing arrests and related obstructions where government or law-enforcement unlawfully requires permits and paperwork. Sakeliga invites businesses and not-for-profit organisations to report incidents of permit- and paperwork-related obstruction by law-enforcement to [email protected]. Incidents should […]
Sakeliga provides legal opinion on rights of media and guests
Following incidents of unlawful obstruction and threatening of guests travelling to and from the studios of news programmes, Sakeliga requested formal legal opinion from counsel on the rights of the media’s guests and collaborators to travel for media-related purposes. The opinion offers guidelines on the protection of the rights of the media and their guests, […]
RESULTS: SAKELIGA’S SECOND COVID-19 BUSINESS IMPACT SURVEY
NB: Preliminary results as at 20 April 2020 Summary Sakeliga is currently conducting an ongoing survey to determine the impact of Covid-19 and current disaster management regulations. Unfortunately, as was the case in our first survey, the results of our second survey are still not good news for business. Feedback from Sakeliga’s membership base and […]