LFN v Minister of Basic Education, Ms. Siviwe Gwarube N.O. (High Court, Gauteng Division, Pretoria — Case No. 2025-154872) – Initiated: 29 Augustus 2025 – Lodged: 3 September 2025
Last Updated: 4 September 2025 (Previous Version: 31 August 2025)
On 3 September 2025, Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) and its president, Reyno De Beer, lodged a High Court application in Pretoria against the Minister of Basic Education, Ms. Siviwe Gwarube of the Democratic Alliance.
The case challenges the Draft Admission of Learners to Public Schools Regulations, 2025, published in Government Gazette No. 53119 on 6 August 2025. Central to this challenge is Draft Regulation 14, which seeks to make proof of immunisation a condition for admission to public schools.
LFN argues that the draft regulations are:
- Ultra vires and unlawful — The South African Schools Act expressly guarantees admission to all learners and does not include immunisation as a requirement.
- Unconstitutional — The draft violates rights to equality, dignity, bodily integrity, parental authority, and the best interests of the child (sections 9, 10, 12, and 28 of the Constitution).
- Procedurally unfair — No supporting records, data, or reasoning were disclosed, making public participation hollow and meaningless.
- Discriminatory — Learners in public schools would be forced into compliance, while those in independent schools remain unaffected.
LFN contends that the draft should never have been published at all, as it is fatally defective from the outset. The application seeks to have the draft regulations, and especially Regulation 14, declared unconstitutional, unlawful, and invalid.
This is the first legal strike against attempts to enforce compulsory vaccinations for school admission in South Africa.
Download the full court application here: