The group said in a statement that it was confident the majority of South Africans stood with them in the contention that the state's lockdown regulations were not legal.
Reyno De Beer of the Liberty Fighters Network, 3 June 2020, Derdepoort, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
De Beer said they had been “astounded by all the thanksgiving messages” they had received since the judgment, “not only from the people of South Africa but also from across Africa and the United States of America”. “If this, our government, was indeed a government by the people and for the people, you would not be reading this. Thank you all for your support.”
Cabinet was “very confident” that all lockdown levels “were crafted to save lives”; “that’s what we were about”.
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