The notice says the Head of the National Disaster Management Centre classified the severe weather impact in North West, Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga as a national disaster under section 23(1)(b) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002. It refers to heavy rainfall, flooding, thunderstorms, damaging surface winds and snowfall from 17 to 30 April 2026, and says the National Executive is designated to coordinate and manage the disaster. It also sets out calls for strengthened support, recommended multisectoral plans, reporting, and the future revocation conditions in a schedule.
This may be relevant to government, municipal and disaster management stakeholders involved in response, coordination and reporting arrangements.
Evidence from source
classify the disaster as a national disaster
Supports: plain summary: the notice classifies the severe weather impact as a national disaster
heavy rainfall, flooding, thunderstorms, damaging surface winds and snowfall
Supports: plain summary: the notice describes the severe weather impacts