As we are still coming to terms with Tuesday’s judgment on level 3 and 4 of the lockdown, yesterday the High Court in Pretoria has ruled that COVID-19 patients may not be forced into state quarantine facilities. Lobby organisation AfriForum which took the government to court says the ruling is a victory after the challenging of lockdown regulations that the Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department signed under the Disaster Management Act on April the 29th. Lobby groups and some political parties have been applying pressure on government to ease some of the strict regulations like the sale of alcohol and cigarettes. On the other hand scheduled press briefings were cancelled or postponed. What should we read into all of this? What is it doing for government’s efforts in fighting the Covid-19?

Guest: Xolani Dube, Senior researcher at Xubera Institute for Research and Development in KZN