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Beach ban highlights bizarre Covid-19 rules: Legal expert on SA's coronavirus laws

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At the weekend finance minister Tito Mboweni shared an SA Reserve Bank chart highlighting that the country’s Covid-19 restrictions are far more onerous than the average nation’s. In this interview, Martin van Staden, a legal expert who serves on the Free Market Foundation's executive committee and Rule of Law Board of Advisors, unpicks the legal details, including the strange definitions of what constitutes a beach - and why the government has overstepped the mark on our liberty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Jan 2021 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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