A message from Prof. Madonsela
As the Social Justice team, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to those who attended our webinar on COVID-19 POLICY AND RULE OF LAW INDEX: DE BEER V MINISTER OF COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS (COGTA) on the 19th of June 2020.
Please find a statement and policy brief which we have sent to his Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa and to the Honourable Speaker of Parliament RSA Ms Thandi Ruth Modise. The purpose of this Statement and Policy Brief is to share with the government our key conclusions on the De Beer judgment and recommendations regarding steps that government should ideally take in response and to improve congruence between government’s policy and regulatory responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Special gratitude to Prof Sandra Fredman (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford); Prof Elmien du Plessis (Faculty of Law, North-West University); Prof Bradley Slade (Public Law, SU); Prof Geo Quinot (Public Law, SU); Phephelaphi Dube (Independent legal consultant); Maricia Froneman (Head of Access to Social Justice and Advocacy, ThuMa Foundation); Cat Walker (Social Justice Ambassador and LLM student); Marna Lourens (Project Manager, Law Trust Chair in Social Justice, SU); Sesona Ralarala (Student Researcher, Social Justice Chair); Garrick Blok (Social Justice Ambassador) who worked tirelessly to produce this statement and policy brief.
We look forward to engaging with you in the near future.