National state of disaster is officially over
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has terminated the power crisis-induced national state of disaster.
The state of disaster was declared on 9 February 2023 on the basis that the prevailing Eskom energy crisis in the country has done untold damage to the country and is an existential threat to businesses and the economy., President Cyril Ramaphosa said that regulation under the Disaster Management Act would allow for the government to coordinate to address the crisis through a single focus point.
Meanwhile, the fact that a state of disaster was declared at all faced immediate backlash, with the government facing mounting legal challenges to the move.Critics and opponents have argued that the declaring a state of disaster over a crisis that the government itself orchestrated was irrational.
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