DA argues that the law would further drive unemployment and hinder job growth. It said it wants everyone to have fair access to jobs based on merit and not because of the colour of their skin.

The ANC said the DA is anti-transformational as the act was meant to redress past injustices.

No one seems to have thought through what outcomes that amount is supposed to get us, or how the money will deliver them.

The first problem is that R100 billion, split into equal R20 billion amounts over the next five years, is an impossibly large number that simply can not deliver reasonable outcomes without huge wastage.

BHF said the ruling was a constitutional victory and affirmed that all public power is subject to the rule of law.

“No office-bearer, including the President, is above judicial scrutiny,” it said.

The BHF said that it believes the records will demonstrate that the president ignored compelling legal and policy objections submitted by multiple parties around the NHI Act.

At its current trajectory, South Africa’s public debt is projected to reach 88% of GDP in the next five years, an unsustainable level that could severely harm the local economy.

Constitutional Court on Wednesday held that the blanket prohibition on personal computers in inmates’ cells infringes on their right to education.