The state of emergency declared to address the electricity crisis in February will be lifted on Wednesday, according to a letter addressed to labour union Solidarity by the attorney-general's office.
“We are instructed that the minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs, in consultation with the relevant cabinet members, has decided to terminate the state of disaster in accordance with the Disaster Management Act and to repeal the state of disaster regulations promulgated in [the] Government Gazette on February 27,” the letter stated.
According to Pretoria state attorney Sipho Mathebula, they were instructed that “the head of the National Disaster Management Centre has decided to revoke the classification of the impact of the severe electricity supply constraint as a national disaster”.
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