Legal challenges against the government are mounting.
Cradle of Hope , a charity organisation, will on Tuesday next week, head to the Pretoria high court to challenge guidelines issued by the provincial ministry of social development in early May.
“The legality of these guidelines are questionable. They are also at odds with the constitution that guarantees the right to sufficient food and water. The distribution of food must be done within the framework of the regulations, but cannot be made subject to bureaucratic and inconsistent measures,” COH founder and CEO Melodie van Brakel says in her affidavit lodged with the court.
In its case, Fita argues the government has failed to demonstrate a scientific link between the spread of Covid-19 and smoking tobacco products. It pointed out that comments made by health minister Zweli Mkhize in support of the ban were limited to the general ills of smoking and did not specifically relate to the potentially deadly disease.
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