The court application by AfriForum, Maroela Media and Anlé Spies – a 2021 matriculant – is asking the court to compel the department to continue with the release, arguing that the sudden change is both irrational and ill-informed.
South Africa's regulator in March said that the new privacy policy violated the country's protection of personal information laws.
The information regulator wrote to WhatsApp, raising issues about the changes that users face if they ignore Facebook's terms by the new deadline, the 15 May.
During a meeting on Wednesday, the regulator was provided with the recently revised WhatsApp privacy policy documents.
