Since 1994 fundamental transformation has taken place in South Africa in terms of disaster
risk management. The transformation process gave rise to the promulgation of the Disaster
Management Act (57/2002) that heralded a new era for disaster risk management in South
Africa. Consequently the National Disaster Management Framework, published in 2005, set
clear guidelines for the implementing of the mentioned act. The National Disaster
Management Framework emphasises the importance of the integration and coordination of
disaster risk management activities in all spheres of government.
Die Disaster Management Act (57/2002) calls for the establishment or certain disaster risk
management structures like interdepartmental commitees, disaster management centers,
disaster management frameworks, and disaster management advisory forums. Furthermore
the National Disaster Management Framework sets certain guidelines in compliance with the
Disaster Management Act (57/2002). Municipalities in South Africa have had time since the
promulgation of the act in 2003 to get all the mentioned structures in place.
This study tried to deretmine the degree in which municipalities complied with the
requirements of the Disaster Management Act (57/2002). The municipalities were handles
per procvince and the research is based on a 20% representative sample of all the
municipalities in South Africa. A mixed method of research was followed. That means that
qualitative (telephonic and semi-structured interviews) and quantitative (questionnaires with
Likert scale questions) research was used.
The result of this research is that there are big failings in terms of the implementing of the
Disaster Management Act (57/2002) across the country. In certain provinces the situation is
better than in others, but of none of the provinces it can be said that they comply with all the
recuirements of the act. / M. Development and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/10003 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Wentink, Gideon Jacobus |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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