The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered that any person who has tested positive for Covid-19 cannot be forced to quarantine or be isolated at a state facility, if that person is able to successfully self-quarantine. 

The order was handed down on Wednesday, following an urgent application by AfriForum, who challenged the legality of regulations that forbid self-isolation.

"These regulations, which AfriForum regards as draconic (sic) and irrational, were aimed at putting everyone who tests positive for Covid-19 under compulsory state quarantine," AfriForum said in a statement. 

AfriForum's legal representative Willie Spies told News24 the order was granted and made an order of court by consent of the respondent, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

More to follow.