Extension of a National State of Disaster (COVID-19) (Government Notice 646 of 2020)

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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act 57 of 2002)
Government Gazette no. 43408
This is the latest version of this legislation commenced on 05 Jun 2020.

South Africa

Disaster Management Act, 2002

Extension of a National State of Disaster (COVID-19)

Government Notice 646 of 2020

  • Published in Government Gazette no. 43408 on 5 June 2020

  • Assented to on 4 June 2020

  • Commenced on 5 June 2020

  • [This is the version of this document from 5 June 2020.]


I, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, as designated under Section 3 of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) ("the Act"), in terms of section 27(5)(c) the Act, hereby extends the national state of disaster that I declared on 15 March 2020 by Government Notice 313, published in Government Gazette 43096, to 15 July 2020, taking into account the need to continue augmenting the existing mitigation measures undertaken by organs of state to address the impact of the disaster.Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, MPMinister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs