Zolile Roger Xalisa

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Zolile Roger Xalisa

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minimum Emission Standards update; Air Quality in South Africa (meeting postponed)
    5 Dec 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs had been scheduled to receive a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs on the Panel Experts Report looking into the issue of compliance with the minimum emission standards; the status of application for postponement by industry with minimum emission standards (MES); and the ...

  • Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Green Peace Report on Air Pollution in Mpumalanga: DEA, Eskom & Sasol responses
    21 Nov 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs met with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), and stakeholders to discuss issues that pertained to Minimum Emission Standards (MES) on air quality management plans after Green Peace Africa’s report on Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) pollution hotspots in Mpumalanga. The debates were started because the ...

  • Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment One Environmental System colloquium
    20 Nov 2018

    The Department of Environmental Affairs(DEA), the Department of Mineral Resource (DMR), the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), the Minerals Council South Africa and a professor of law from Witwatersrand University, briefed the Committee on the One Environmental System (OES).

    The Chairperson said that the aim of the colloquium was first ...

  • Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Department of Environmental Affairs, Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, SANBI Quarter 1 performance
    30 Oct 2018

    The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), the Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) on their first quarter performances.

    The DEA first reported that eight people had so far been confirmed killed by the recent fires in the southern ...

  • Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Resolution to summon Minister; Marion Island Research Expedition challenges; with Deputy Minister
    4 Sep 2018

    Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs received a briefing from the Department of Environmental Affairs on the Marion Island Research Expedition and the related challenges.

    The Committee resolved to summon the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa, to appear before it on Tuesday 11 September 2018. The Committee was disappointed ...

  • 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 ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Carbon Tax Bill: Treasury response to submissions
    7 Jun 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs and the Standing Committee on Finance received a briefing from the National Treasury on its responses to the various comments from various stakeholders on the draft Carbon Tax Bill 2017. In addition, a number of the stakeholders, including a university professor, a non-governmental organisation ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Eskom debt payments by municipalities: IMTT progress report; Local Economic Development
    6 Jun 2018

    The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee on the new sixth pillar of Back to Basics (B2B): Local Economic Development (LED) and gave a progress report from the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) on the payment of debt to Eskom by municipalities.

    The Department reported that the 2018 Framework for ...

  • Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment NEMLA Bill: Department response to submissions; Environmental Affairs budget: Committee Report
    9 May 2018

    The National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill had been subject to public hearings which had seen input from various entities and organisations which had made suggestions to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) for amendments to be made to the Bill. This input had been primarily from the aquaculture ...

  • Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment NEM Amendment Laws Bill: Legal Opinion; Department on Waste Tyre Collection & Recycling Programme; South African Weather Services response to whistle-blowers
    13 Mar 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs was briefed by its legal advisors on the legal options available to it regarding the National Environmental Management (NEM) Amendment Laws Bill. It was decided that, based on the discussions the Committee had with the Chief State Law Advisor, the Parliamentary Law Advisor, the ...