The dangers of Illegal home brewed alcohol
By Fina Diba, data capturer, Johannesburg I live in Thokoza on the East Rand. It concerns me that our president is trying to keep us safe but the community doesn’t seem to realise that there is a reason for alcohol being banned during the lockdown as people often...
The alcohol ban: was the decision to ban the sale of alcohol administratively fair?
By: Mattew December, Legal Intern – Cape Town Following the global coronavirus outbreak, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a nationwide lockdown for two weeks from 26 March 2020. This was done in terms of the Disaster Management Act, and the said lockdown was...
Limitation of Rights and COVID-19
By Nicole Dayanand: Staff attorney, Durban Our Constitution was drafted carefully and with great deliberation. In general, our Constitution is a sophisticated piece of legislation. It provides for a number of aspects, all of which are important, but the most...
Police brutality during lockdown
Author: Kabelo Komana – Candidate Attorney * Article supervised by Candice Pillay- Director, Lawtons Africa Article courtesy of Lawtons Africa As South Africans remain indoors for an extended lockdown until the end of April 2020, reports of excessive use of...
The State of the Law during Lockdown
Updated: Apr 14 Authors: Candice Pillay – Director, Lawtons Africa Article courtesy of Lawtons Africa The nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus was announced on 23 March 2020 amid speculation and fear around the deployment of the South African...Let’s keep in touch
