South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
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Citizens must always be vigilant that the exceptional powers do not become permanent and that the powers are not used to achieve other objectives.
A state of disaster confers more power on the minister for police and emergency services to ensure compliance with the laws put in place to defeat the pandemic. It plays a powerful symbolic role, too.
