To support tracking of domestic climate change policy imperatives, South Africa, as a Non-Annex I Party to the UNFCCC, prepares and regularly updates a National Greenhouse Gas Inventory which provides an account of current emissions levels and trends. The latest official greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, approved officially by the late Minister of Environmental Affairs and submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...
What number of (a) tender briefings were held in 2018 by (i) her Department and (ii) each of the entities reporting to her; and (b) specified briefings were compulsory?
More »(a) What number of (i) buildings, (ii) properties and (iii) facilities does her Department currently (aa) own and (bb) rent, (b) what is the value and purpose of each (i) owned and (ii) rented property, and (c)(i) for how long has each property been rented, (ii) from whom is each property rented and (iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?
More »The microbeads in cosmetics and disinfectants have been highlighted as having a negative environmental impact. The regulatory control of both cosmetics and disinfectants is administered by the Department of Health under regulations in the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1954
(Act 54 of 1972). The Department of Environmental Affairs is in engagement with both the Department of Health and South African Health Products Regulatory ...
(a) None.
(b) (i) None.
(ii) None.
(aa) Not applicable.
(bb) Not applicable.
(cc) None.
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The mandate of extractive fisheries resource use and management lies with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF); Branch: Fisheries Management (BFA). The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has a role in the management and maintenance of environmental and ecosystem health, integrity, as well as beneficial and sustainable use of environmental resources.
The demersal shark fishery constitutes a small-scale inshore fishery with a ...
(1) The department was not consulted or given an opportunity to comment on the release of the Thai kingpin. It should however be noted that the sentence that he was serving was not 40 years. Although the Magistrates Court had sentenced him to 40 years imprisonment, this was reduced to 30 years in the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court in Johannesburg and ...
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(a) Although the department does monitor the cases in the Kruger National Park (KNP) Court; the department is provided with the information related to these cases and does participate in the relevant structures and attends the Mission Area Joint Operational Centre (MAJOC) meetings where monthly feedback is provided on progress related to the deployment within the area, arrests, seizures, cases and other related ...
The non-compliances that were reported in the response to Parliamentary Question 161, on 10 April 2018, were initially investigated by the Compliance team in the Department, and the matter was then referred to the Chief Directorate: Enforcement, around July 2018, to take enforcement action. An enforcement notice, as contemplated in section 31L of the National Environmental Management Act, has been prepared and is in ...
THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS REPLIES:
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FINANCIAL YEAR |
NO. OF MATTERS |
DETAILS |
RELIEF SOUGHT |
TIME PERIODS |
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2015/2016 |
nil |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
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2016/2017 |
nil |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
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2017/2018 |
1 |
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS VS THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND ANOTHER (LION BONES QUOTA) This is an application brought by the National Council of Societies for the Prevention ... |