Considering the magnitude and severity of the damage caused by the inclement weather due to the cut-off low that brought widespread showers and flooding in Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and other provinces and following the classification of these occurrences as a national disaster by the Head of the National Disaster Management Centre, and taking into account the need to augment existing measures undertaken by organs of state to deal with the national disaster, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, designated under Section 3 of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) ("the Act"), in terms of,
1) Section 27(1) of the Act, has declared a national state of disaster having recognised that special circumstances exist to warrant the declaration of a national state of disaster; and
2) Section 27(2), read with section 27(3) of the Act may, when required, make regulations and issue directions or authorise the issuing of directions concerning the matters listed therein, only to the extent that it is necessary for the purpose of -
(a) assisting and protecting the public;
(b) providing relief to the public;
(c) protecting property;
(d) preventing or combatting disruption; or
(e) dealing with the destructive nature and other effects of the disaster.
