South Africa considering national state of disaster to fix load-shedding
South Africa is considering declaring a national state of disaster as record power cuts cripple the economy.
“Work is already underway within government to establish whether the legal requirements of a national state of disaster are met and what specific actions we would be empowered to undertake,” he said. In the case of the coronavirus outbreak, for example, it enabled lockdown rules to be enforced and medical supplies to be procured.
The country has suffered 94 consecutive days of rotational blackouts, known locally as load-shedding, often for 10 hours or more a day.
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