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South African Government Policy: Library Guide: Disaster management

Bibliographic records and links of South African government policies, plans and strategies

White papers

South Africa. Department of Constitutional Development. Directorate: Disaster Management. White paper on disaster management. Pretoria: Govt. Printer, 1999. Shelf no. G 68 E.CONS.99.WHIT

Green papers

South Africa. Ministry for Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development. Green paper on disaster management. Pretoria: Ministry for Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development, 1998. Shelf no. G 68 E.CONS.98.GREE

 

Agriculture

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Sectoral Disaster Risk Management Plan (SDRMP) 2012. Pretoria: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2012,

Frameworks: Local & Provincial

Many municipalities have disaster management frameworks or plans.

Breede Valley Municipality. Integrated disaster management framework. 2012.

Cape Winelands District Municipality. The disaster risk management policy framework of the Cape Winelands District Municipality. Version 2.1. 19 August 2009.

KwaZulu-Natal. Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Policy framework for disaster risk management in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. Pietermaritzburg: Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 2011.

Langeberg Municipality. Core municipal disaster management framework. 

Limpopo. Department of Local Government and Housing. Limpopo province : disaster management framework. Pretoria: Government Printer, 2009. Shelf no. G PLI E.LOCA.09.LIMP

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. The disaster risk management policy framework for the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (NMBMM). 

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. GN 654 of April 2005 : a policy framework for disaster risk management in South Africa. Pretoria: Department of Provincial and Local Government, 2007. Shelf no. G 68 E.PROV.07.NATI

West Coast District Municipality. Disaster management framework. June 2006.

Western Cape. The Western Cape disaster management framework. Cape Town: Provincial Government of the Western Cape, 2010. Shelf no. G PWC E.LOCA.10.WEST

 

 

Frameworks: National

South Africa. Department of Co-operative Governance. National Disaster Management Framework 2023 – Reviewed copy 1. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, June 2023. In: South Africa. Government Gazette no. 48874 (30 June 2023), General notice no. 3635.

South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Disaster management monitoring and evaluation framework. Pretoria: Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, March 2014.

South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance. National urban search and rescue framework. Pretoria: Government Printer, 2014.

National Disaster Management Centre. National disaster risk management education and training framework. Pretoria: National Disaster Management Centre, March 2013.

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. Policy framework for disaster risk management in South Africa. Pretoria: Government Printer, 2005.