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 […]
Pretoria Magistrate’s Court functional again, Sakeliga will address bottleneck on court roll
After refusing to hear opposed cases earlier this month, apparently for Covid-19 reasons, the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court is now hearing all cases again. On the 3rd of August, Sakeliga sent an urgent letter to the office of the Chief Justice, the Tshwane Chief Magistrate, the Magistrate’s Commission, the Honorable Judge President Mlambo and the Minister […]
No opposition to Sakeliga’s municipal paymaster court case
Sakeliga demands ministers and North West Premier to file opposing papers before 25 August None of the respondents in Sakeliga’s municipal paymaster court case, including the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and the Premier of North West, filed opposing papers in time at the High Court in Mahikeng. This, despite more than […]
Regulation: Certificates of Need for Health Establishments
Sakeliga’s brief submission on the proposed regulation that will require certificates of need for health establishments can be found here. Sakeliga’s interest in the proposed regulation is based in its opposition to the infringement on market freedom, specifically the rights to freedom of association and freedom of professional choice. Sakeliga opposes the proposal.
2021 Version of the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill
Sakeliga’s comprehensive submission on the 2021 version of the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill can be found here. The Amendment Bill proposes to insert the phenomena of confiscation (so-called “expropriation without compensation”) and nationalisation (so-called “state custodianship”) into South African constitutional and property law. Sakeliga believes the revised Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill represents significant, perhaps existential, […]
Sakeliga requests withdrawal of erroneous government directive on compulsory vaccinations in the workplace
The business organisation Sakeliga today urgently appealed to the Minister of Labor via an attorney’s letter for clarity and rectification after a media statement from the Department of Labor created a false impression about compulsory vaccination programs in workplaces. Equivalent directives issued by the Minister of Labor create the impression that employers should launch compulsory […]
Land Court Bill, 2021
Sakeliga’s brief comment on the Land Court Bill can be obtained here. Sakeliga’s interest in the Bill is particularly aimed at the changes envisaged with respect to the rules regarding hearsay evidence in land claims. Sakeliga is concerned that the admission of hearsay evidence will unduly undermine private property rights, a necessary condition for a […]
Sakeliga calls for businesses to develop strategies that factor in harmful state interventions
“Government does not have businesses’ support for more of the same, as contained tonight in the address by President Cyril Ramaphosa. It is required and foreseeable that in the months and years ahead businesses continue altering course themselves. Businesses are and will be developing plans and strategies that factor in harmful state interventions and state […]
Opening of N3 welcomed – relief convoy redirected, and security escort called off
Given the reopening of the N3, the 20-vehicle strong emergency relief convoy for KwaZulu-Natal, announced by business organisations on Thursday, will now travel individually. The intended armed security escort has also been called off. All relief supplies and stock that would have formed part of the convoy will now be carried by transport vehicles departing at their earliest convenience, several likely already […]
Responsible community response to criminality must be enhanced, not stifled – Sakeliga
The saving grace during the disastrous looting that has ensued in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng over the last week, has been the measures taken by community members in protecting their businesses and property. Business organisation Sakeliga therefore notes with concern the call by Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) for a 24-hour curfew in affected KwaZulu-Natal and […]