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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Waste Management Bureau: legal opinion; SAWS Board interface with senior management: legal advice; Chemicals & Waste Management
16 Aug 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to deal with several issues that had been raised over the establishment of the Waste Management Bureau, with particular reference to contradictions in the legal opinion regarding its nature, and the role of the Director General (DG). It also heard ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Plastics environmental impact & possible ban; Minamata Convention on Mercury
15 Aug 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Water Research Council briefed the Committee on the impact of plastic bags in the environment, the policy approaches towards the management of plastic, the research work done and the recommendations on how to deal with the situation.
Global plastic use was increasing ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Rhino Poaching; Marion Island challenges
14 Aug 2018
There were three presentations to the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs. The first presentation was by a panel of experts on Rhino poaching in South Africa. Rhino conservation, Dr George Hughes commented, is not nature conservation today, but an economic one. When the first major poaching effort began, it was ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill B14-2017: adoption; SA Weather Services Board performance & interface with senior management
19 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs, on the final version of the proposed amendments to the NEMLA (National Environmental Management Laws Amendment) Bill. The purpose of the briefing was to ensure all the amendments had been captured accurately and to have the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: adoption; SANBI 2017/18 Quarter 3 & 4 performance
13 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs meeting was divided into two parts. In the first part, the Committee deliberated on the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill. In the second, the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) reported on its performance in the final quarters of the 2017/18 financial ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: deliberations; Minamata Convention on Mercury
12 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee received a clause-by-clause briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the proposed amendments to the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill. There were also discussions on the Amendment List (A-list) document, the well-being of wild animals, and South Africa’s ratification of the MINAMATA Convention ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; SANParks; SAWS; Isimangaliso Quarter 3 & 4 performance
30 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the feedback from the stakeholder engagements regarding the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill. It also received quarterly performance reports from its entities, the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, SANParks and the South African Weather Service (SAWS) ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Environmental Affairs Quarter 3 & 4 performance; Waste tyres diversion from landfill sites
22 May 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on its third and fourth quarter performance and expenditure report for the 2017/2018 financial year, as well as a briefing on the targets for the diversion of waste tyres from landfill sites, from the inception of the Recycling ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill: Department response to public submissions
15 May 2018
The meeting to consider the written responses by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to proposals submitted by stakeholders affected by the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill, was divided into two parts.
In part one, the Portfolio Committee and the DEA were briefed by state law advisors as ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Environmental Affairs Budget: Committee Report
10 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs met for the adoption of the Environmental Affairs Budget Vote No. 27 Report, 2018.
After making some inputs to the report the Committee adopted the report with amendments.