❗️FINAL CHANCE to influence government's decision on permanent Health regulations — closes Saturday, 16 April❗️

If you have not yet participated in this extremely important policy amendment, please take two minutes to read the info at the below – and have your say at the link.

If you are one of the 215,000 who have already had a say, thank you for your active participation and impact on the government's suggestion to create permanent Covid regulations under the Health Act.

However, we need your assistance to get those numbers up.

Please encourage participation by sharing this message with your contacts and your community groups. This is extremely urgent as the comment window closes this Saturday, 16 April. https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/health-act-amendment/

TEMPORARY REGULATIONS UNDER THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT BECOME PERMANENT ONCE UNDER THE HEALTH ACT.

Following the announcement by President Ramaphosa last Monday evening that the State of Disaster is lifted and temporary regulations withdrawn, the Department of Health has called for public comment on shifting all the regulations under the National Health Act — which will make all Covid regulations permanent.

“Going forward, the pandemic will be managed in terms of the National Health Act. The draft Health Regulations have been published for public comment,” Ramaphosa said.

“Once the period for public comment closes on the 16th of April 2022 and the comments have been considered, the new regulations will be finalised and promulgated.”

Once approved, the Department of Health said the regulations will be implemented without being tabled in parliament, since it is subordinate legislation already delegated to the minister.

The regulations also leave the door open for other restrictions, labelled as ‘advice giving’ between different departments. This advice can relate to curfew, national lockdown, economic activity and the sale of alcohol, among others.

Let us not forget that Covid did not wreck our economy.
Covid did not take your job away.
Covid did not prevent you from visiting your parents or children.
The government did.
And they did so through regulations – the same regulations which are now being made permanent under the Health Act.

No matter which side of the fence you stand on, this amendment will have a significant impact on every aspect of your life.

⭕️As the Department has called for public comment, I ask you to please click the link or image to have your say, and then share with all your groups and contacts.

As we have seen, public pressure creates impact – and your voice is a powerful influence on the direction of our democracy.

Thank you for being democratically engaged, active and responsible.
Rob Hutchinson
Chairman, Dear South Africa
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🟥🟥🟥🟥 URGENT! 🟥🟥🟥🟥

THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENTARY HAS BEEN EXTENDED, DON'T WAIT FOR THE LAST MOMENT!

Submit your comments to the DearSA site FIRST:

dearsouthafrica.co.za/health-act-amendment/

Then copy your commentary to:

legalreviews@health.gov.za

Once you've submitted your commentary at DearSA, you can submit again at:

https://www.health.gov.za/public-comments-on-regulations/

or you can WhatsApp by sending the word "COMMENT" to 060 012 3456

Spread FAR and WIDE, then some more! Don't be calling for action on the last minute and expect results!

ACT NOW AGAINST THE ACT CHANGE!

👉 Join the fight with Universities Alliance

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Belgium Becomes First Country to Order Mandatory Quarantine of People With Monkeypox for 21 Days

🇧🇪Monkeypox: The first mandatory quarantine for people with a monkeypox infection has just been introduced in Belgium.

“Those infected with the monkey pox virus must be in isolation for 21 days,” the Dutch publication Standaard reported. “Not high-risk contacts, but they’re best watching over any symptoms. In the meantime, virologist Marc Van Ranst wants to investigate whether the virus can spread airborne.”

Belgium recently hosted the Gran Canaria pride festival attended by an estimated 80,000 people, which some experts said could be a monkeypox "superspreader" event after attendees from multiple nations appear to have spread the virus worldwide.

“The Gran Canarian pride festival attended by 80,000 from Britain and across Europe is being investigated after being linked to numerous monkeypox cases in Madrid, Italy and Tenerife,” the Daily Mail reported.

WATCH: Footage of the Georgia Guidestones Explosion

UFS lifts vaccination and testing requirements;COVID-19 Regulations and Required Vaccination Policy "remains a policy of the university"

“If the national regulatory environment with respect to COVID-19 is changing to such an extent that the policy needs to be re-implemented, the university’s executive management will act accordingly, and hence the COVID-19 Regulations and Required Vaccination Policy remains a policy of the university as approved by the UFS Council on 26 November 2021.”

Note also that this is not an admission that the policy was inappropriate in the first half of the year.

As things stand, the university would hold no responsibility for damage caused during the first half of the year.

It is also made very clear that they can implement the policy again as they see fit.

This cannot go unchallenged.

https://www.biznews.com/health/2022/09/26/mrna-vaccines-malhotra?fs=e&s=cl&fbclid=IwAR2Uu7uTG8dSGfgJaYo0s_rG9ItvkX-Zr414NFj326w7Fd-AMqzG_GaedWw&fs=e&s=cl

Well well well… to everyone who got fired, I hope you sue the living crap out of your companies!

Universities Alliance South Africa
⚖️ Legal Update ⚖️

3 December 2022

❗️Sign our memorandum HERE:❗️

https://forms.gle/FeTqbGy7UyZXVzkW8

Official Updates Channel:

https://t.me/UAOfficialUpdates

5 December 2022

UJ reminds staff and students of mandatory vaccination policy

Today, on 5 December 2022, the University of Johannesburg served a timely reminder upon its stakeholders that its mandatory vaccination policy, while paused, may be reinstated as the university sees fit.

University vaccination policies are here to stay - unless we decide otherwise.

❗️Sign our memorandum HERE:❗️

https://forms.gle/FeTqbGy7UyZXVzkW8

Official Updates Channel:

https://t.me/UAOfficialUpdates

AVOIDING THE "NEW SUBVARIANT" FEARMONGERING

Firstly, we hope that you have all enjoyed a good rest over Christmas and New Year, and are recharged for battles to come.

Recently, a post has been circulated on social media warning that the Omicron-XBB variant is "different, deadly and not easy to detect correctly".

It claims, among other things, that

- XBB is deadlier than previous variants, including the first wave of Covid-19

- Tests are often negative for XBB, and

- There are few symptoms associated with XBB, making it particularly hard to detect.

Please note that, as of 7 January 2023, there is no basis for these claims whatsoever.

The post, which is anonymous and without references, is directly contradicted by the following article's statement that "so far there haven’t been significant differences in severity identified between cases caused by XBB.1.5 and those from other variants".

https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/south-africa-has-its-first-case-of-most-transmissible-covid-variant/

We urge our supporters not to panic, and instead to proceed as normal. The social media post in question currently lacks any scientific basis and is clearly being disseminated for fearmongering purposes. Do not fall victim to the propaganda.

https://t.me/UAOfficialUpdates

UNIVERSITIES ALLIANCE LEGAL UPDATE

(See attached update letter for full information)

Universities Alliance declines the UFS' offer to settle out of court, and now awaits confirmation as to whether the university will oppose their application.

Additional developments will be shared on our channel as they emerge.

Official Updates Channel:

https://t.me/UAOfficialUpdates

UNIVERSITIES ALLIANCE LEGAL UPDATE - 7 MARCH 2023

Universities Alliance declines 2nd UFS offer

Universities Alliance South Africa declines a 2nd offer of settlement from the University of the Free State, which subsequently signals its intention to oppose the NPC's application.

See attached update letter for more information, and be sure to follow the channel for the latest developments.

Official Updates Channel:
https://t.me/UAOfficialUpdates

Universities Alliance South Africa vs UFS - Legal Update 18 May 2023

With the UFS having now missed two deadlines for the submission of its Answering Affidavit, Universities Alliance South Africa takes additional measures to prevent further stalling and ensure that the matter is heard in Court.