Establishment of the Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma Catchment Management Agency in terms of section 78(1) of the National Water Act 1998, (Act No 36 of 1998) The Minister of Water and Sanitation has in terms of section 78 of the National Water Act declared in Government Notice 3140 of Government Gazette 48187 dated

The Minister of Water and Sanitation has published a Draft Integrated Water Quality Management Policy under Notice No 3142 in Government Gazette 48187 of 10 March 2023 for public comments.  Any person who wishes to submit written representations or comments on the revised Integrated Water Quality Management Policy is invited to do so within

Government Notice for the revision of the DWS General Authorisation Dear All DWS is pleased to announce that the long awaited revision of the section 21 (c) or (i) water uses General Authorisation (GA) has been gazetted on 10 March 2023 for 60 days public comment. Please distribute as far

PROCLAMATION by the PRESIDENT of the REPUBLIC of SOUTH AFRICA SPECIAL INVESTIGATING UNITS AND SPECIAL TRIBUNALS ACT, 1996 (ACT NO. 74 OF 1996): REFERRAL OF MATTERS TO EXISTING SPECIAL INVESTIGATING UNIT: DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION WHEREAS allegations as contemplated in section 2(2) of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act No. 74 of 1996) (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), have been made in respect

NEMBA: Inclusion of 17 succulent plant species and one succulent plant genus in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora The public is hereby informed of the submission by the Minister of a notice for the inclusion or listing of 17

Dear Stakeholders The protocol without the notice was gazetted on 4 November 2022. The Gazette of 11 November 2022 replaces that one, please see the details Notice 2718 of Gov Gazette 47448 of 4 November 2022 was gazetted without the notice calling for comments. Notice 2734 of Gov Gazette 47489

The revision of South Africa’s gazetted list of threatened terrestrial ecosystems The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, has published the Revised National List of Threatened Terrestrial Ecosystems in Government Gazette 47526 (Notice No. 2747) in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (NEMBA, Act

Government Notice for the amendment of the identification in terms of section 24(5)(a) and (b) of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) of the procedure to be followed in applying for environmental authorisation for large scale electricity transmission and distribution activities, identified in terms of section 24(2)(a) of NEMA, when

National Environmental Management Act (107/1998): Amendment of the enabling provision under which the Regulations laying down the procedure to be followed for the adoption of spatial tools or environmental management instruments has been made The Minister has amended the enabling provision for the regulations laying down the procedure to be

Notice No 2466 of Government Gazette No. 46871 published on 8 September 2022.  National Environmental Management Act (107/1998): Consultation on the intention to exclude the development and expansion of solar photovoltaic installations from the requirement to obtain an environmental authorisation based on compliance with an adopted environmental management instrument The minister is consulting