Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said it is now in the hands of South Africans whether the country returns to the of disaster or not.
Dlamini-Zuma held a briefing with Health Minister Joe Phaahla and Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele.
This after President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced that after 750 days, the state of disaster would be lifted while some regulations will remain until the National Health Act was publicised."It really is in our hands but all we can say is that if the situation escalates to being a disaster, the Disaster Management Act will come back, classification will come back as a disaster, then the declaration of the national state of disaster will happen again, so it's really in our hands.
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