Sakeliga submits PAIA request to NEF on use of Solidarity Fund money
Sakeliga is requesting official information from the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) on the money it received from the Solidarity Fund and reserved for relief to businesses on the basis of race. The request for information comes after the NEF’s press release of 12 July 2022, which described its relief efforts to businesses harmed by the […]
Sakeliga opposed to imposing BEE on legal profession
Sakeliga is opposed to Cabinet’s intention to impose BEE on the legal profession via the Legal Practice Council. We are warning that such a step will seriously harm the independence and effective functioning of the law and therefore also the constitutional order in South Africa. The legal relationship is a relationship of trust between client […]
Sakeliga welcomes new standing instruction on lapsed firearm licenses
Sakeliga welcomes the new standing instructions to the South African Police Service (SAPS) on how firearms, of which the licenses have expired, are to be dealt with. According to the instructions such firearms no longer need to be destroyed, new license applications for them must be accepted, and owners of such firearms should not be […]
LISTEN: Appeal Court confirms with cost tobacco ban illegal, unconstitutional
The appeal court recently found in favour of groups such as BATSA, Saai, and other implicated parties, confirming that the Minister of Cooperative Governance’s ban on the sale of tobacco products during the Covid-19 state of disaster was illegal and unconstitutiona
Immediate repeal of health regulations necessary, but litigation continues
Sakeliga has noted the expected repeal of the unlawful 4 May health regulations. Meanwhile, our litigation is going ahead unchanged and the Department of Health is still required to submit an answering affidavit today.*Should the government soon make an announcement concerning the regulations, we would like to point out that it is essential to ascertain […]
LISTEN: Sakeliga institutes legal action against health regulations
In today’s Beleidsradar (also broadcast on Sakekern, PretoriaFM) Tian Alberts (Sakeliga’s Legal Officer) talks to James Kemp (Pretoria FM) about Sakeliga’s urgent litigation against the health regulations that were enacted on 4 May 2022. These regulations are aimed at giving permanence to the regulations that were applied during the Covid-19 state of disaster. The lawfulness […]
LISTEN: Sakeliga opposes stricter BEE in financial sector
Policyradar insert on remarks by the FSCA that point to stricter BEE for financial services sector.
Sakeliga advises all organs of state to steer clear of pre-qualification criteria
– Public and businesses encouraged to also approach organs of state Sakeliga advises all organs of state to refrain from applying pre-qualification criteria in the 2017 procurement regulations that have been found unlawful by the Constitutional Court. This would be constitutionally prudent, economically sound, and in the public interest, regardless of the period of suspension […]
Sakeliga victorious in Constitutional Court; Court blames Minister for procurement confusion
The Constitutional Court today ruled unanimously and with costs in favour of Sakeliga against the Minister of Finance. The Court upheld without variations its order in February declaring the 2017 procurement regulations invalid, and furthermore pointed out that delays in state procurement since the February judgment should be placed squarely at the door of the […]
Health regulations court case reveals contemptuous consultation approach
The Minister of Health seems to have ignored advice from his own advisers when he promulgated the surveillance regulations under the National Health Act on 4 May. These and other serious shortcomings are evident from the records of decision of the Minister and his department, which Sakeliga obtained in terms of the court rules in […]