Sakeliga v Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Others

Naam

Sakeliga v Minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake en Andere

Citation

Begin / Start

Dec 15, 2020

Tipe / Type

Litigasie / Litigation

Hof

Hooggeregshof: Pretoria

Court

High Court: Pretoria

Litigasiefase

Gunstige uitspraak

Phase

Case won

Volgende hofdatum

Opsomming

Sakeliga het in 2020 regstappe van stapel gestuur om die regering se rekords van besluitneming oor Covid 19-inperkings te bekom sodat moontlike toekomstige vergrype onder die vaandel van 'n ramptoestand proaktief deur Sakeliga en ander voorkom kan word. Die regsverrigtinge het 'n wending geneem met die weiering deur die Minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake om Sakeliga te voorsien van enige rekords, redes, verslae, bevindings, konsultasies, kommunikasie, memorandums en/of verdere dokumentasie waarop sy staatgemaak het toe sy herhaaldelik haar magte uitgeoefen het om die land in die greep van 'n grendelstaat te hou. Na 'n regstryd van twee jaar, deurspek met die regering se misbruik van hofreëls en vertragingstaktieke, het Sakeliga daarin geslaag om 'n verstekvonnis teen die Minister op 9 November 2022 te verkry. Tot vandag toe is sy steeds in minagting van die bevel, en Sakeliga volg 'n proses om haar aan minagting van die hof skuldig te laat bevind.

Summary

Sakeliga launched legal proceedings in 2020 to obtain the government's records of decision-making regarding Covid 19 lockdowns so that possible future transgressions under the banner of a state of disaster can be prevented proactively by Sakeliga and others. The legal proceedings took a turn with the refusal by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to provide Sakeliga with any records, reasons, reports, findings, consultations, communication, memoranda and/or further documentation she had relied upon when she repeatedly exercised far-reaching powers under the Disaster Management Act to keep the country in the grip of a lockdown state. Following a legal battle of two years, replete with the government’s abuse of court rules and delaying tactics, Sakeliga succeeded in obtaining a default judgment against the Minister on 9 November 2022. Up to this day she still is in contempt of the order, and Sakeliga is following a process to have her found guilty of contempt of court.

Teenpartye

Minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake

Dokumente

2021-12-14 - Rule 30 Notice

2022-02-07 - Notice of motion and Founding affidavit in interlocutary

2022-01-17 - Rule 30 Notice

2022-02-15 - Notice of intention to oppose in interlocutary

2021-11-08 - Notice of intention to oppose

2021-08-04 - Notice of motion and founding affidavit

2022-11-09 Bevel

2022_11_09_Bevel.pdf

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