South African Government Declares Drought a National Disaster
- Government takes responsibility for managing relief measures
- Cape Town experiencing most severe drought on record
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The South African government has declared the drought affecting the southern and western areas of the country a national disaster.
The decision hands primary responsibility to coordinate and manage measures to deal with the drought to the national executive, according to a statement by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs published in the Government Gazette on Wednesday.