Lockdown: Sakeliga threatens legal action against DTI and minister Patel over cooked food ban

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Business group Sakeliga has threatened legal action against the Department of Trade and Industry unless Minister Ebrahim Patel reverses his recently announced restriction on warm or cooked foods. 
"We have been advised that there is no lawful restriction on the production of 'warm', 'cooked' or 'prepared' food as the minister and his department continues to insist," Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux said in a statement.
"Sakeliga will be taking the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition to court unless he ceases and reverses his department’s unlawful, irrational, and harmful obstructions to food production."
The group has given Patel until 09:00 on Monday to respond or they will take legal action.
Le Roux said their legal advice went against what the department and Patel had said. 
"We have also been advised by senior counsel that there is no lawful basis on which the [Companies and Intellectual Property Commission] can certify whether products and services are essential or not.
Le Roux rejected Patel's announcement.  
"Officials keep issuing these arbitrary directives in press statements and tweets, but nothing of the sort has been promulgated. The DTI’s attempts to legislate by mere pronouncement are, irrespective of the merits of its instructions, a danger to the rule of law. Even in the face of our unusual circumstances, the principles of constitutionality and legality must be followed."
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He also said that every food item on a shop shelf was already prepared in some way. He added that it would be impossible to comply, and would decrease food supply and increase prices.
The Sakeliga group also said it had tried to discuss the issue with the ministry, but didn't receive replies to its overtures, hence the threat of court action. 

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