South Africa
DA also wants to challenge State of Disaster extension in court─── 15:13 Thu, 17 Mar 2022
The Democratic Alliance says they are also prepared to go to court to challenge government's extension of the country’s national state of disaster by a further month.
Earlier this week, Afriforum also threatened to fight the extension in court.
In a media briefing earlier today, DA leader John Steenhuisen said his party plans to mount a legal challenge against the regulations government plans to introduce to permanently replace the state of disaster.
He said the party hopes to end the lockdown and Covid restrictions in the country, permanently.
Steenhuisen said the lockdown is not in South Africa’s best interest but is instead pushing more people into joblessness and deeper into poverty.
He said there is no need to maintain the state of disaster and lockdown and that both can always be reinstated at a later date if the situation genuinely demands it.
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