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This is the judgment in an urgent application which came before me last week Thursday, 28 May 2020.  In the application, the validity of the declaration of a National State of Disaster by the respondent, being the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (“the Minister”), and the regulations promulgated by her pursuant to the declaration are being attacked.  The attack is by a Mr De Beer in person and by a voluntary community association known as the Liberty Fighters Network (“the LFN”).  Another non-profit organization, the Hola Bon Renaissance Foundation (“HBR”), which also styles itself as “the African Empowerment”, has been allowed to address the court as an amicus curiae (a friend of the court).