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He said that while the president announced Monday night that churches can now operate, he wanted an order that would prevent the government from closing churches in the future.
Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma briefs the nation on regulations under lockdown level 1, which will take effect at midnight on Sunday, September 20, 2020., Image: GCIS
JOHANNESBURG – Despite the churches being open, the South African Christian Forum said it was pushing forward its attempt to have the ban under the lockdown regulations declared unconstitutional.
The forum will bring to court the Minister of Cooperative Governance, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
He said that while the president announced Monday night that churches can now operate, he wanted an order that would prevent the government from closing churches in the future.
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The Johannesburg High Court has given the government until February 24 to file its response affidavits.
The bishop of the religious group, Marothi Mashashane: “Because we agree on the things with which they do not agree, meanwhile no one has ever consulted the religious structures, so yes, we still believe that we need that declaratory order. “
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