I, Dr  Mmaphaka  Tau,  in  my  capacity  as  Head  of  the  National  Disaster Management Centre, after consultation with the relevant Provincial Disaster Management Centres, and after  reassessing  the  magnitude and  severity of  the  ongoing  drought  occurring  in at least three provinces in the country, hereby give notice that the National Disaster Management Centre  on 08 February 2018 in  terms  of  section  23(3) of  the Disaster  Management  Act,  2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) (the Act), reclassified the drought as a national disaster.