South Africa’s state of disaster laws should be changed so that they cannot be extended indefinitely, without any parliamentary oversight, or an opportunity for effective public challenge, says business group Sakeliga.
South Africa’s state of disaster laws should be changed so that they cannot be extended indefinitely without any parliamentary oversight, or an opportunity for effective public challenge, says business group Sakeliga.
However, Act has faced criticism from various sectors of society for giving the national government wide-ranging and near-limitless power over the lives of citizens, with little to no oversight from parliament. “One cannot deny the devastating impact of Covid-19; however, the current government reaction failed to strike a balance between other injuries to public health – many of these imposed by government’s unevaluated, evidently uncosted, and excessive lockdown response.
The Bill also provides for the requisite majorities required in the National Assembly, provincial legislature and municipal council to extend a national, provincial or local state of disaster, respectively. South Africa’s state of disaster is now set to expire on 15 March 2022. This would make it nearly 24 months the country has been under a state of disaster since it was first declared at the end of March 2020.
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