Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister (Cogta) Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been accused of contempt of court after she allegedly failed to hand over complete records of her state of disaster decisions as per a court order.
Nearing the end of the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, in December 2020, lobby group Sakeliga requested information relating to the lockdown regulations and directives promulgated under the Disaster Management Act (DMA).
The request was made in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) and sought to obtain "all records, reports, findings, deliberations, communications, memoranda and/or further documentation" relied upon by Dlamini-Zuma in making decisions relating to the regulations.