{"id":216301,"date":"2017-12-13T09:27:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T07:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=216301"},"modified":"2017-12-13T09:27:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T07:27:06","slug":"presidency-rejects-state-of-emergency-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/216301\/presidency-rejects-state-of-emergency-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency rejects state of emergency reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Presidency has rejected reports alleging that the high office has started composing draft regulations for a state of emergency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Presidency rejects the media reports alleging that The Presidency has started composing draft regulations for a state of emergency and that President Jacob Zuma has appointed a team to draw up such regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Presidency is not working on regulations for a state of emergency,\u201d the Presidency said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This follows weekend media reports which alleged that for the first time in more than 20 years, the President has started to compose regulations for a state of emergency in terms of the State of Emergency Act 64 of 1997.<\/p>\n

In terms of the Constitution, the President can declare a state of emergency when war, invasion, revolt or natural disasters threaten the nation\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n

Emergency powers have not been used in South Africa since the country\u2019s 1994 transition to multi-racial democracy after decades of apartheid rule.<\/p>\n

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