20 MAY 2022

Scrap health regulations and prevent monitored society

SCRAP HEALTH REGULATIONS, PREVENT MONITORED SOCIETY

Why this court case?

The Minister of Health’s health regulations of 4 May 2022, made in terms of the National Health Act, heralded a new era of state interference and health monitoring. It was aimed at compelling businesses, churches, schools, expos, stadiums and other entities in civil society through criminal punitive measures to divide people into classes based on vaccination status and to discriminate among them. Businesses were used as monitoring agents of the state to enforce discriminatory health measures on clients against their will.

Sakeliga approached the court to challenge the new health monitoring regime and to prevent it from being entrenched in further state policies. Owing to the pressure of court cases initiated by Sakeliga and others against the health regulations, the Minister shortly thereafter withdrew the major and most controversial parts of his 4 May regulations. The court case, however, is continuing and the focus now is on the remaining regulations and the unacceptable semblance of a public consultation process having been followed. The continued legal action is preventing the government from trying to enforce health monitoring measures on businesses, churches, schools and others in future.

Case details

Status: Active

Case commences: 19 May 2022

Court: High Court: Pretoria

Next court date:
TBA. The case has been removed from the urgent roll, as the minister has for the largest part repealed his 4 May regulations.

Timeline of Events Court Papers

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Sakeliga’s legal team writes a letter to the Minister’s legal team, demanding that Prof Karim’s affidavit be withdrawn. The statement is irrelevant to the initial record of decision-making that the Minister filed.

Sakeliga files a replying affidavit in the case, and hereby responds to the minister’s answering affidavit of 22 June.

The Minister of Health files an answering affidavit in the case, just after repealing most of the regulations.

Sakeliga receives the respondents’ record of decision-making in terms of the court rules. The record reveals that a contemptuous consultation process was followed by the Department of Health and that the Minister ignored the advice of his own advisers when he promulagated the regulations.

19 May 2022

Sakeliga serves court papers on Health Minister Joe Phaahla, President Cyril Ramaphosa and others. Sakeliga is asking the court to declare unlawful and unconstitutional and set aside the health regulations promulgated by Minister Phaahla on 4 May 2022.

Health Minister Joe Phaahla promulgates health regulations in the night hours of 4 May that severely infringe on institutions and people’s freedoms and rights.

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11 August 2022	Sakeliga's legal team writes a letter to the Minister's legal team, demanding that Prof Karim's affidavit be withdrawn. The statement is irrelevant to the initial record of decision-making that the Minister filed.
13 July 2022	Sakeliga files a replying affidavit in the case, and hereby responds to the minister's answering affidavit of 22 June.
22 June 2022	The Minister of Health files an answering affidavit in the case, just after repealing most of the regulations.
8 June 2022	Sakeliga files an amended notice of motion and supplementary founding affidavit, after having considered the record of decision-making in terms of Rule 53 of the court rules.
25 May 2022	Sakeliga receives the respondents' record of decision-making in terms of the court rules. The record reveals that a contemptuous consultation process was followed by the Department of Health and that the Minister ignored the advice of his own advisers when he promulagated the regulations.
19 May 2022	Sakeliga serves court papers on Health Minister Joe Phaahla, President Cyril Ramaphosa and others. Sakeliga is asking the court to declare unlawful and unconstitutional and set aside the health regulations promulgated by Minister Phaahla on 4 May 2022.
13 May 2022	Sakeliga writes to the Minister and demands that the regulations of 4 May 2022 be withdrawn by 18 May.
4 May 2022	Health Minister Joe Phaahla promulgates health regulations in the night hours of 4 May that severely infringe on institutions and people's freedoms and rights.

11 Augustus 2022	Sakeliga se regspan skryf 'n brief aan die Minister se regspan, en eis dat die verklaring van Prof Karim onttrek word. Die verklaring is irrelevant tot die aanvanklike rekord van besluitneming wat die Minister geliasseer het.
13 Julie 2022	Sakeliga liasseer 'n repliserende verklaring in die saak, en antwoord hiermee op die Minister se antwoordende verklaring van 22 Junie.
22 Junie 2022	Die Minister van Gesondheid liasseer 'n antwoordende verklaring in die saak, net nadat hy die grootste dele van sy regulasies herroep het.
8 Junie 2022	Sakeliga liasseer 'n gewysigde kennisgewing van mosie en aanvullende funderende eedsverklaring, nadat die teenkant se rekord van besluitneming ingevolge Reël 53 van die hofreëls gelewer, oorweeg is
25 Mei 2022	Sakeliga ontvang die respondente se rekord van besluitneming kragtens die hofreëls. Die rekord openbaar dat 'n minagtende konsultasieproses deur die Departement van Gesondheid gevolg is en dat die Minister die advies van sy eie adviseurs ignoreer het toe hy die regulasies gemaak het.
19 Mei 2022	Sakeliga beteken hofstukke aan die Minister van Gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, President Cyril Ramaphosa en andere. Sakeliga vra die hof om die gesondheidsregulasies wat Minister Phaahla op 4 Mei 2022 oornag gepromulgeer het, onwettig en ongrondwetlik te verklaar en ter syde te stel.
13 Mei 2022	Sakeliga skryf aan die Minister en eis dat die regulasies van 4 Mei 2022 teen 18 Mei onttrek moet word.
4 Mei 2022	Minister van Gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, promulgeer oornag gesondheidsregulasies wat sterk inbreuk maak op instellings en mense se vryhede en regte.

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