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1 South Africa s disaster risk management contextSouth Africa faces increasing levels of disaster risk. It is exposed to a wide range of weatherhazards, including drought, cyclones and severe storms that can trigger widespread hardshipand devastation. In addition, South Africa s extensive coastline and proximity to shippingroutes present numerous marine and coastal threats. Similarly, our shared borders with sixsouthern African neighbours present both natural and human-induced cross-boundary risks,as well as humanitarian assistance obligations in times of addition to these natural and human-induced threats and despite ongoing progress toextend essential services to poor urban and rural communities, large numbers of people livein conditions of chronic disaster vulnerability in underserved, ecologically fragile or mar-ginal areas where they face recurrent natural and other threats that range from drought torepeated informal settlement floods in Cape Town s historically disadvantaged Cape Flats in June 1994 profiled theurgency for legislative reform in the field of disaster risk management, stimulating a consul-tative process which resulted in Green and White Papers on disaster Management.
tion of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) on 15 January 2003. The Act provides for: • an integrated and co-ordinated disaster risk management policy that focuses on preventing or reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of …
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