Request for urgent PCC to end National State of Disaster
4 March 2022
The National Government has recently made statements alluding to the National State of Disaster and its Regulations coming to an end shortly. While this is very promising – there are still no clear timelines for exactly when this will happen. This is despite the declaration expiring in less than two weeks’ time.
On 11 February 2022, I wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting a meeting to discuss the roadmap to end of the National State of Disaster, following his State of the Nation Address commitment.
In response, the Presidency asked that I instead engage with the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who then, in turn, proposed that the issue should rather be discussed at the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC). No clear date or time was provided as to when this would take place.
Given the impending deadline, I am requesting that the President urgently convene the recommended PCC to discuss the steps that need to be taken to end the National State of Disaster and allow the Regulations to expire in their entirety.