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National state of disaster regulations for energy crisis published

National state of disaster regulations published on Tuesday allow government to grant exemptions from load-shedding “where technically feasible” to essential infrastructure — if these exemptions will not result in an increased risk of higher stages of load-shedding. The regulations list “essential infrastructure” as health infrastructure, including military health facilities; water infrastructure, including water treatment plants; rail and port infrastructure; food production and food storage facilities, where feasible; and critical electronic […]

28 February 2023

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Energy crisis National State of Disaster challenged by Solidarity

Trade union Solidarity has launched a legal challenge against the government’s decision to declare the energy crisis a National State of Disaster. During the State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a National State of Disaster as the country endures rolling blackouts amid the electricity crisis. Ramaphosa also announced his intent to appoint a Minister of Electricity in the Presidency to work with Eskom’s leadership […]

15 February 2023

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Declaring energy crisis a national state of disaster is ill-considered: DA

Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader, John Steenhuisen, says it was ill considered for President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare the electricity crisis a National State of Disaster. Steenhuisen was reacting to Ramaphosa’s announcement that Co-operative Governance Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has already gazetted the state of disaster. “Well, I think the big concern for us is the National State of Disaster. We believe that it is ill-considered. We saw the looting and maladministration that […]

10 February 2023

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‘What has changed, kanti?’- SA reacts to end of national state of disaster

South Africans have flooded social media with reaction to the scrapping of the national state of disaster. After two years of living under lockdown, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday that most of the regulations introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19 have been removed. Several will remain for a 30-day transition period “to ensure essential public health precautions and other necessary services are not interrupted while the new regulations […]

5 April 2022

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Tourism industry elated about scrapping PCR tests for inbound travellers

Tourism authorities are buoyed by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the PCR test requirement will be scrapped for travellers to SA from Wednesday, saying it will boost the industry ahead of the Easter holidays. Ramaphosa made the announcement during a “family meeting” on Tuesday night when he also announced wearing masks in outdoor settings would no longer be a requirement, among other Covid-19 rules that have been relaxed. He stipulated […]

23 March 2022

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National state of disaster extended to April 15

Co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has signed a document extending the national state of disaster to April 15. The extension was published in the Government Gazette. It was granted “taking into account the need to continue augmenting the existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by organs of state to address the impact of the disaster”. The Sunday Times reported at the weekend that the National Coronavirus Command Council […]

15 March 2022

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National State of Disaster ends on Saturday midnight

There is just a day left before the one month extension of the Declaration of the National State of Disaster comes to an end. It’s almost five months since the coronavirus was declared a national disaster on March 15. The coronavirus, a global pandemic has seen South Africa declaring a National State of Disaster for the first time by invoking the Disaster Management Act. The Act makes provision for the […]

14 August 2020

National State of Disaster

National state of disaster regulations for energy crisis published

Energy crisis National State of Disaster challenged by Solidarity

Declaring energy crisis a national state of disaster is ill-considered: DA

‘What has changed, kanti?’- SA reacts to end of national state of disaster

Tourism industry elated about scrapping PCR tests for inbound travellers

National state of disaster extended to April 15

National State of Disaster ends on Saturday midnight

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