(1) The Admiralty Reserve forms part of the range of zones that describe the coast along with the seashore, coastal waters and coastal buffer zone. It is generally described as a strip of land between 150 to 200 feet (45m to 60m) wide, inland of the high water mark. The Richtersveld coastline in the Northern Cape has no admiralty strip reserved, registered or designated ...

The services that my Department and its entities procure from any service provider, be it in the sphere of travel management and or accomodation, are services that are always awarded after a fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective bid process in line with Section 38 (1) (a) (iii) of the Public Finance Management Act. Such procurement processes are administered by the Department’s Bid Evaluation ...

(a) The Department is putting Norms and Standards for waste separation at source in 2018/19. The administrative and criminal enforcement would be carried out by Environmental Management Inspectors as empowered by the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, Act No 59 of 2008. However, municipalities that have made separation of waste at source mandatory as part of their by-laws have enforcement powers that they can ...

1. a) Yes. The participants representing the ewaste sector requested that waste charges be introduced to increase the collection rates of ewaste.

b) The Department will be implementing a policy mechanism provided for in Section 28 of the National Environmental Management Waste Act, Act No. 59 of 2008. This policy mechanism is the Indstry Waste Management Plans (IndWMP).

c) The implementation of IndWMP promotes ...

a) The Department of Environmental Affairs’ study for the determination of the extent and role of waste picking in South Africa concluded that there are about 62 000 waste pickers in the country.

b) Non-government organisations, and other organisations operating in the informal sector, have suggested, in some forums, that this could be much higher. We are in the process of validating this information. ...

a) The following measures will be implemented to promote waste reduction:

• Developing capacity through a specialised programme which upskills agri-stakeholders to minimise food loss.
• Compilation and updating of packaging design guidelines with the Department of Trade and Industry, Industry Associations and SABS, and a voluntary grading scheme with marketing value for brand owners can improve the design of packaging and increase collaboration between brand ...

(1) (a) The official international trips that I and the Deputy Minister undertake at any given period are always guided by the provisions of the Ministerial Handbook.

(b) The aspects that relate to the purpose, outcome and duration of each official international trip are considered by the President before he approves such official trips in line with the Ministerial Handbook.

(c) Costs incurred by ...

1. 32 employees were granted permission to do business dealings in the past three financial years.

(a) No

(i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

(iii) Not applicable

1. South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

(b) Yes