In May 2009, the President of the Republic of South Africa announced the restructuring of Cabinet and national departments to align the structure and the electoral mandate of government with the developmental challenges confronting our country. Proclamation No. 32367, gazetted in 2009, determined the re-alignment of the following departments: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and Department of Agriculture. This resulted in the establishment of the following: Departments of Tourism; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the Department of Environmental Affairs and Department of Water Affairs (under the Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs).