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2021.08.13 09:30 GMT+8

South Africa extends national state of disaster to Sep. 15

Updated 2021.08.13 09:30 GMT+8
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South Africa extended the national state of disaster on Thursday until September 15, according to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the country's Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. 

In a statement, the minister said she considered the "need to continue augmenting the existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by organs of state to address" the impact of the COVID-19 disaster.

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