Sakeliga invites businesses to report obstruction by law-enforcement
12 May 2020
Business group Sakeliga is preparing litigation to undo or mitigate the permit system for doing business. Its goal is to restore the right to work and do business, by preventing arrests and related obstructions where government or law-enforcement unlawfully requires permits and paperwork.
Sakeliga invites businesses and not-for-profit organisations to report incidents of permit- and paperwork-related obstruction by law-enforcement to [email protected]. Incidents should have taken place between 11 and 15 May 2020 and be related to non-court issued permits, such as CIPC certificates, municipal permits, permits to move across municipal or provincial borders, permits for “informal traders”, permits for charitable work such as food aid, etc.
Piet le Roux, CEO of Sakeliga, says its legal team would like to include some of the most egregious incidents in litigation, in support of interdicts and further relief from the court: “We need supporting affidavits to bolster the case and request members and the public to assist us in this.”
CIPC backtracking