State of disaster South Africa extended

South Africa's State of Disaster was set to expire today, however, under the Disaster Management Act it can be extended by the minister for one month at a ...

“The current situation allows for relaxed restrictions or regulations as part of efforts by government to open the economy. Dlamini-Zuma said in the Government Gazette that the extension takes into account, “the need to continue augmenting existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by organs of the state to address the impact of the disaster”. South Africa’s State of Disaster was set to expire today, however, under section 3 of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) it can be extended by the minister by notice in the gazette for one month at a time before it lapses.

Various government departments, including the health department, have made submissions on proposed measures that will come into effect should the national ...

Various government departments, including the health department, have made submissions on proposed measures that will come into effect should the national state of disaster be lifted. Various government departments, including the health department, have made submissions on proposed measures that will come into effect should the national state of disaster be lifted. CAPE TOWN - Government is expected to make an announcement on Tuesday on whether the national state of disaster will be scrapped or extended.

The lobby group started legal action in February to have the state of disaster nullified, arguing that there is currently no disaster and therefore no ...

Chairperson of the regulator's pharmacovigilance advisory committee professor Marc Blockman said: “I think we are entering a very different phase of the pandemic. The lobby group started legal action in February to have the policy nullified, arguing that there is currently no disaster and therefore no justification for restricting the freedom of citizens under the guise of an emergency. The lobby group started legal action in February to have the state of disaster nullified, arguing that there is currently no disaster and therefore no justification for restricting the freedom of citizens under the guise of an emergency.

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says the latest extension of the national state of disaster was not necessary. The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is set to join ...

why do they want to have new legalisation?” he asked. “There was sufficient consensus among the 10 political parties that were there [in Cape Town] that this state of disaster is nothing else but an abuse of power by the powers that be because the scientific results on the ground indicate that there is no disaster,” Holomisa said in an interview with Talk Radio 702. Holomisa said the UDM, along with 10 other political parties that met on Tuesday in Cape Town, agreed that the latest extension of the state of disaster was not necessary to manage the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.