Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Government has issued new regulations as part of the national state of disaster for load shedding, which could make it easier to sell and generate power ...

The new state of disaster regulations also allow for selling electricity generated by private and state groups to licensed distributors. - Exemptions or expedited approvals for land to be used for energy generation. - All national, provincial and local government institutions must adopt energy-saving measures. Eskom will charge them for the wheeling. On Monday, Dlamini-Zuma gazetted new disaster regulations aimed at boosting electricity generation, and improving Eskom's plant performance - but also exempt load shedding on essential infrastructure. Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter warned that trying to halt load shedding at all hospitals and other services could trigger a national blackout.

In addition, the regulations will empower municipalities, departments and other state institutions to invoke emergency procurement. But to prevent corruption, ...

Any procurement undertaken using the emergency provisions referred to … during the national state of disaster must be published and reported to Parliament within the month of the expenditure by accounting officers and authorities, including the details of such procurement and the reasons for deviating from normal procurement procedures,” said Dlamini Zuma in the regulations. “The auditor-general shall conduct real-time audits and report on the accounts, financial statements and financial management of all emergency procurement undertaken during the national state of disaster.

Government departments will be compelled to introduce power saving measures and to move to alternative energy sources.

[Mondli Gungubele](https://mg.co.za/tag/mondli-gungubele/) said the regulations were the result of “extensive consultations” and represented “the best available options appropriate to the situation the country finds itself in and within the limited available resources available to address our energy challenges”. [National Environmental Management Act](https://mg.co.za/tag/nema/) and land use regulations to speed up the process of bringing new generation capacity online. [Eskom’s](https://mg.co.za/opinion/2023-02-27-fixing-eskom-cant-come-soon-enough/) plant performance and providing measures to enable the connection of new sources of electricity to the national grid. [Cyril Ramaphosa’s](https://mg.co.za/tag/cyril-ramaphosa/) cabinet and the president’s coordinating council (PCC) on Monday following the state of disaster he declared on 9 February. [national state of disaster regulations ](https://mg.co.za/tag/national-state-of-disaster/)promulgated on Tuesday by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister [Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.](https://mg.co.za/tag/nkosazana-dlamini-zuma/) Mnukwa said the regulations were aimed at minimising the effect of load-shedding on service delivery and on people’s lives and livelihoods and at protecting infrastructure while developing the capacity to generate sufficient energy in the longer term.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on Monday gazetted the disaster management regulations on ...

Consumers will be protected from excessive pricing of goods and services and availability of the supply of goods and services will be secured during the national state of disaster. SAnews.gov.za is a South African government news service, published by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS). "The development of the regulations is the result of extensive consultations between key role players across all spheres of government. Commenting on the newly Gazetted regulations, Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele said: “Government is confident that regulations will provide the extra-ordinary measures required to deal with our energy constraints. Funding interventions, relief schemes and benefits during the national state of disaster will also be enacted, the availability of existing funds and the scale of additional resources required, considered. Earlier this month, the Minister declared a State of Disaster on the Impact of Severe Electricity Supply Constraints on society.

Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been given the power to exempt critical infrastructure from ...

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on Monday gazetted the disaster management regulations on ...

must be published and reported to Parliament within the month of expenditure by the accounting officers and authorities, including the details of such procurement and the reasons for deviating from normal procurement procedures,” the gazette reads. Consumers will be protected from excessive pricing of goods and services and availability of the supply of goods and services will be secured during the national state of disaster. "The development of the regulations is the result of extensive consultations between key role players across all spheres of government. Commenting on the newly Gazetted regulations, Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele said: “Government is confident that regulations will provide the extra-ordinary measures required to deal with our energy constraints. Funding interventions, relief schemes and benefits during the national state of disaster will also be enacted, the availability of existing funds and the scale of additional resources required, considered. Earlier this month, the Minister declared a State of Disaster on the Impact of Severe Electricity Supply Constraints on society.