The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a case against Covid-19 restrictions on religious gatherings because those restrictions no longer exist. | IamAlexSweet
An appeal against a Gauteng High Court decision to dismiss a case against Covid-19 regulations has been dismissed in the SCA.The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed the case because the regulations were no longer in effect.
Solidariteit Helpende Hand NPC, SA National Christian Forum, Muslim Lawyers' Association, and Freedom of Religion South Africa NPC brought the appeal against former cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in 2021. On 29 December 2020, the regulations prohibited all faith-based gatherings for two weeks. The regulations changed on 11 January 2021 to a blanket ban on religious gatherings for an indefinite period.In January 2021, the religious organisations launched separate applications calling for the regulations to be reviewed and set aside on the basis that it infringed on their constitutional rights.
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