The DA’s application to the Western Cape High Court to challenge the prohibition on the personal care industry, which includes hairdressers and beauticians, was postponed on Friday.
DA MP Dean Macpherson said Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was not ready to proceed.
“Which is nothing other than deliberate,” Macpherson believed.
This means the industry might have to wait until 22 June to ask for a court to intervene so that they can resume working to support themselves and their families.
However, Mlungisi Mtshali, the spokesperson for Dlamini-Zuma, said the minister did not intend opposing the case, adding talks were underway to resolve the impasse.
Distancing
He added the industry had already agreed it could not keep the 1.5m distance between a client and the person attending to them, so there were behind-the-scenes negotiations on how these businesses would operate in line with Covid-19 protocols.
Mtshali said a proposal had already been put to the Cabinet on ways of working without spreading the virus.
Source: https://www.news24.com/
