Demonstrations against South African power supplier ESKOM in 2015. Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images March 8, 2023 Power cuts: South Africa’s state of disaster is being contested in court - COVID rulings give clues as to the outcome Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
Successive lockdowns under South Africa’s state of emergency law have caused tremendous hardship. Photo by Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images December 10, 2021 What South Africa needs to do to exit the pandemic state of disaster Elmien du Plessis, North-West University and Dewald van Niekerk, North-West University Citizens must always be vigilant that the exceptional powers do not become permanent and that the powers are not used to achieve other objectives.
August 2, 2020 Explainer: what is a ‘state of disaster’ and what powers does it confer? Anne Twomey, University of Sydney A state of disaster confers more power on the minister for police and emergency services to ensure compliance with the laws put in place to defeat the pandemic. It plays a powerful symbolic role, too.