Solidarity announced that it would launch a legal challenge to the declaration of a state of disaster with regard to the electricity crisis. | J_chabalala
In a statement on Tuesday, Solidarity said the electricity crisis did not meet the definition of a disaster in terms of the relevant legislation.announced he would appoint a minister of electricityRamaphosa said:"The state of disaster will enable us to provide practical measures that we need to take to support businesses in the food production, storage and retail supply chain, including for the rollout of generators, solar panels and uninterrupted power supply.
Hermann said a state of disaster was intended as a temporary intervention - and should only be used when no other option was available. "If this state of disaster is allowed to continue, a dangerous precedent will be set. This could mean that South Africa will face a future of being a disaster democracy. Government failures, such as failure to deliver water and sewerage services, failing municipalities, the implosion of infrastructure and other problems can then also be managed by bypassing normal democratic processes by declaring a state of disaster. That was never the intention of disaster management legislation.
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