The prohibition of faith-based gatherings due to Covid-19 regulations in December 2020 and January this year was rational, reasonable and justifiable, Rusty Mogagabe SC, advocate for Cogta minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, argued on Wednesday.
“We submit that in this case the courts should show caution before encroaching upon the terrain of the national executive in deference and respect to the hallowed principle of separation of powers,” said counsel for minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Rusty Mogagabe SC.
“We submit that in this case the courts should show caution before encroaching upon the terrain of the national executive in deference and respect to the hallowed principle of separation of powers,” said counsel for minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Rusty Mogagabe SC.
The challenge brought by four organisations against regulations prohibiting faith-based gatherings under lockdown regulations is academic because those rules were replaced, counsel for the government said.