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GETTY IMAGES – South Africa has had some of the most restrictive lockdown measures in the world<\/p><\/div>\n
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A South African court has found some coronavirus lockdown regulations imposed by the government “unconstitutional and invalid”.<\/strong><\/p>\n The judge picked out rules around funerals, informal workers and amount of exercise as “irrational”.<\/p>\n The government was given14 days to overhaul the regulations.<\/p>\n South Africa initially had some of the world’s most restrictive lockdown measures. The country has 35,812 confirmed cases and 755 deaths.<\/p>\n The case was filed by the Liberty Fighters Network and the Hola Bona Renaissance Foundation.<\/p>\n The high court in the capital, Pretoria, ruled that the regulations were not connected to slowing the rate of infection or limiting its spread.<\/p>\n “The regulations… in a substantial number of instances are not rationally connected to the objectives of slowing the rate of infection or limiting the spread thereof,” the written judgement read.<\/p>\n Judge Norman Davis argued it was wrong to allow people to travel to attend funerals but not to earn their livelihoods by street trading, as many South Africans do.<\/p>\n The government said it will review the regulations but in the meantime the current lockdown regulations will apply.<\/p>\n South Africa has eased its lockdown restrictions and this week alcohol sales resumed following a two-month ban – but only for home consumption.<\/p>\n But all sales of cigarettes remain outlawed.<\/p>\n Gatherings, except for work, religious ceremonies and funerals, are still banned.<\/p>\n Travel between provinces is also prohibited, and international flights are cancelled except for those repatriating citizens.<\/p>\n Police have opened almost 230,000 cases for violating lockdown regulations since the beginning of lockdown on 26 March, according to the Police Minister Bheki Cele.<\/p>\n Contraventions have included breaches of the ban on alcohol and cigarette trade, failure to stay at home and gathering illegally.<\/p>\n