ConCourt judgment on right to protest hailed as victory for democracy

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The Constitutional Court has declared Section 12 1 (a) of the Gatherings Act, which makes it a criminal offence for more than 15 people to gather without notifying authorities, unconstitutional and invalid.

 

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