Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Notice No. 767

16 July 2020

GG 43526

Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs

I, Dr Mmaphaka Tau, in my capacity as Head of the National Disaster Management Centre, after consultation with the relevant Provincial Disaster Management Centres, and after reassessing the magnitude and severity of the drought conditions in the country, and following the lapse of the national state of disaster on 4 July 2020, hereby give notice that the National Disaster Management Centre hereby revokes the classification of drought as a national disaster.

I hereby, in terms of Section 20(2) of the Act, call upon organs of state, the private sector, non-governmental organisations, communities and individuals through formal and informal measures, to work together with government in implementing drought resilience and climate change adaptation measures to reduce the impact of drought.

Dr Mmaphaka Tau

Deputy Director-General (Head): National Disaster Management Centre

Date: 16 July 2020