SOWETAN | As the executive custodian of the Disaster Act, it falls within minister Dlamini-Zuma's responsibilities to gazette and announce regulations which are decisions of the cabinet or the National Command Council.
Therefore, the criticism against co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for some of the lockdown regulations she has gazetted or announced is in itself a normal part of democratic discourse.Since government's flip-flopping on the sale of tobacco, Dlamini-Zuma has been in the firing line of those who are vehemently against the ban.
Many have pitted her against President Cyril Ramaphosa who they view - based on his initial announcement - as supporting the sale of cigarettes. Since then, several media sources have painted Dlamini-Zuma as the driving force behind what many believe is an irrational and illogical ban on tobacco sales.
Let's be clear: the National Command Council, including Dlamini-Zuma, must account publicly for their decisions, and those regulations whose rationality is questionable must be challenged legally and otherwise.
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