Sakeliga arguments in Resilient case finally put an end to power and water outages due to non-payment disputes
Government institutions that provide services, including Eskom, will in the future no longer be able to disadvantage paying end users due to non-payment by municipalities. In fact, no dispute between any state institutions may further give rise to prejudice against paying end users. This principle, which was laid down in a ruling of the Supreme […]
Sakeliga lodges court application for Dlamini-Zuma’s Covid Command Council records
The business group Sakeliga has lodged a court application to compel the government to disclose its grounds for the state of disaster, disaster management regulations and lockdown levels. The court application forms part of a process, in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, to obtain Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s records of decision-making regarding the lockdown and all […]
Forced vaccination is unwise
Forced vaccination as a prerequisite for participation in day-to-day life is unwise and likely to create more problems than solutions. Mandatory vaccination is disproportionate in respect of the pandemic, in respect of social and political risks, and in respect of the alternatives to such a draconian policy. We do not see it as the path to a flourishing society.
No proper defence levelled against Sakeliga’s municipal litigation in North West
After missing multiple late filing deadlines consented to by Sakeliga, government respondents in Sakeliga’s paymaster case in North West finally filed opposing papers. The respondents, including the Minister of Finance, Minister of Cooperative Governance and the Premier of the North West, have now filed opposing affidavits, but have failed to raise a proper defence. Sakeliga is asking the court that Ditsobotla and Naledi municipalities be placed under compulsory provincial administration as required by […]