An adaptive, resilient and disaster safe Kingdom of Eswatini.
The National Disaster Risk Management Authority coordinates prevention, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery across all four regions. Phepha is how the public reaches it, and how it warns the public.
Eswatini now
Warnings in force: 3Published incidents: 10
- Hhohho: published incidents 1
- Lubombo: Emergency warning in force Lubombo: published incidents 3
- Manzini: Emergency warning in force Manzini: published incidents 3
- Shiselweni: Emergency warning in force Shiselweni: published incidents 3
- Region under an emergency warning
- Published incident
Refreshed every 30 seconds from Phepha.
Reach NDRMA from any phone
Every report reaches the same NDRMA operations console, whichever way it was sent, and its reference works on all of them.
The website
Report without an account, check a report with its reference, and see the live map.
Open the citizen portalThe Phepha app
Photographs and the phone's position with each report, alerts for your area, and reports that wait for signal.
Get the Android app*112#
Dial *112# on any phone, with no internet. The menus are in siSwati and English.
SMS 112
Text what you see and where to 112. Send your reference to 112 to follow it.
Numbers to call for help
All emergency numbersBefore, during and after a disaster
NDRMA works across the whole disaster risk management cycle, long before and long after the day a disaster strikes.
Prevention
All the activities and measures taken to avoid existing and new disaster risks, such as dams against flooding or land-use rules that keep settlements out of high-risk zones.
Preparedness
A continuous cycle of planning, organising, training, equipping, exercising and evaluation, so that coordination works and the capability to protect people is in place before a hazard arrives.
Mitigation
Lasting measures that stop hazards from becoming disasters or reduce their effects: regulation, enforcement, and telling people about the dangers they face.
Response
Mobilising the emergency services and first responders needed in the disaster area.
Recovery
Restoring the affected area to its previous state, with the discipline to plan it and the flexibility to adapt as conditions change.
What recovery teaches feeds the next round of prevention.
Early warning
NDRMA monitors fire, flood, drought and storm risk with its partners, and releases warnings through Phepha to the website, the app, SMS and the CAP feed.
Warnings in force
Emergency warning, Lubombo, Manzini
EMERGENCY: Flooding along rivers in Lubombo and Manzini. Move to higher ground now. Do not cross flowing water.Notice, Hhohho
Strong winds are expected in Hhohho from this afternoon until tomorrow. Tie down anything that could blow away.Emergency warning, Shiselweni
Correction: water in Shiselweni will be available from 5 to 8 in the morning, not 6 to 9.
Monitoring tools
- Hazard mapsFire, flood, drought and storm risk across the country.
- Composite Drought Index of EswatiniOne measure of drought conditions across the country.
- Eswatini Data Sharing PlatformMaps and datasets that NDRMA shares.
- CAP feed of released warningsEvery warning NDRMA releases, in Common Alerting Protocol 1.2, for broadcasters and alert services.
Latest from NDRMA
All advice and newsNews, Yesterday, 15:02
Flood response under way in LubomboRelief teams are at work in Big Bend and Siphofaneni. Shelters are open.
Advice, 24 September
Saving water in a droughtUse water carefully: close taps, reuse washing water for the garden.
Advice, 15 September
During a stormStay indoors, away from windows. Do not shelter under trees.
About NDRMA
NDRMA is the principal institution for disaster management established by Government. It coordinates and implements national disaster risk reduction and management, from prevention and mitigation to response and rehabilitation.
- Vision
- An adaptive, resilient and disaster safe Kingdom of Eswatini.
- Mission
- To prevent and substantially reduce the impact of disasters by promoting an integrated and coordinated system of disaster management focused on decreasing vulnerability, increasing preparedness and mitigation capacity.
How NDRMA came to be
- 1992
The National Disaster Task Force is set up as Eswatini faces a devastating drought.
- 2006
The Disaster Management Act is passed, for an integrated and coordinated system of disaster management.
- 2014
The National Disaster Management Agency is established in law.
- 2015
The agency begins operations. Until then, disaster response had been largely ad hoc and reactive to disaster events.
What guides the work
- Integrity
- We uphold honesty and strong moral principles in fulfilling our mandate.
- Humanity
- We are driven by the desire to bring relief to those affected.
- Impartiality
- We serve all people without discrimination regardless of status, faith, race and political affiliation.
- Innovation
- We seek to find and embrace new and efficient ways of doing our work.
- Responsiveness and partnership
- We are quick to communicate and bring assistance to those in need.
For NDRMA staff and partners
Operations console
Triage and verify reports, send responders, release warnings and follow cases. For NDRMA staff and partner agencies with an account.
Sign in to the consolePublications, tenders and vacancies
Reports, advisories, legislation and opportunities are published on NDRMA's corporate website.
Open ndma.org.sz