In May last year, the Liberty Fighters Network launched proceedings in the North Gauteng High Court, seeking to have the regulations promulgated under the Disaster Management Act set aside. The Network primarily argued the regulations violated the Bill of Rights in the Constitution, in that they exceeded the purpose and objectives of the act and the regulations were irrational and were based on incorrect advice. The Supreme Court of Appeal noted one of the underlying themes in the Network’s founding affidavit was one of Covid-19 denialism.