Mar 14, 2012 · One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to neutralise political dissent was the State of Emergency (SOE). In periods when the government faced unprecedented internal revolt – both in 1960 and in the 1980s – an Emergency was declared.

Feb 10, 2023 · South Africans have been facing blackouts every day, which have badly affected homes and businesses, but what difference will this emergency measure make, if any? How bad are the power-cuts?

Feb 9, 2023 · South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national "state of disaster" over his country's crippling power shortages, saying they posed an existential threat to the...

Feb 9, 2023 · Declaring a national state of disaster gives the government additional powers to respond to a crisis, including by permitting emergency procurement procedures with fewer bureaucratic delays...

Apr 5, 2023 · South Africa's government on Wednesday revoked a national "state of disaster" declared in February to manage a crippling electricity crisis but said that some emergency measures would...

Apr 5, 2023 · Government has terminated, with immediate effect, the National State of Disaster declared by the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 9 February 2023. The State of Disaster was a necessary response to the impact of critical levels of load shedding on the economy and vulnerable sectors such as health and small businesses.

Feb 9, 2023 · South Africa has declared a national state of disaster over the country’s worst-ever spate of rolling blackouts, as the government scrambles to remove obstacles to investing in energy supply...

Feb 10, 2023 · South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of disaster with immediate effect to deal with the country’s severe electricity crisis including prolonged daily power blackouts.

Nov 21, 1997 · The State of Emergency Act 64 of 1997 intends: to provide for the declaration of a state of emergency; to empower the President to make regulations in pursuance of any such declaration; and to provide for matters connected therewith. Commencement 21 November 1997

Feb 13, 2023 · President Ramaphosa says the emergency measure will lead to "a massive increase in power to the grid over the next 12 to 18 months." After months of rolling power cuts, South African President...