Jackson Mthembu

Cabinet has resolved to appeal the high court judgment that declared the Covid-19 regulations under levels 3 and 4 invalid and unconstitutional.

Government will ask that its appeal is heard on an urgent basis so that all of us can obtain certainty on the regulations

The court gave government 14 days to alter the guidelines, meaning level-3 regulations remain in place until new regulations were published.

However, Mthembu said cabinet is of the view that another court might come to a different conclusion on the matter.

“Cabinet has therefore decided to appeal the north Gauteng high court decision and government will ask that its appeal is heard on an urgent basis so that all of us can obtain certainty on the regulations,” he said.

Extension

“Cabinet wishes to assure the nation that all interventions introduced since the declaring of the national state of disaster in March 2020 by President Ramaphosa have been directed primarily at saving the lives of our people,” said Mthembu.