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Draft Integrated Water Quality Management Policy for public comment

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

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

IAIAsa Events 2022/2023 Financial Year – Attendance Registers for CPD

The list of Events held in the 2022/2023 financial year is below. If you know that you attended an event you may download the attendance register below per event for submission with your CPD portfolio.  2022/2023 (Period 1 March 22 to 28 February 2023)  BRANCH DATE EVENT TITLE DOCUMENT FS-1 160922 Mapping

Regulating the IEM Sector : Who is mandated?

The requirement for Environmental Assessment Practitioners (EAPs) meaning the individual responsible for the planning, management, coordination or review of environmental impact assessments and associated EMPrs, to be registered with EAPASA became mandatory on 8 August 2022. There are still a number of practitioners and consultants undertaking work identified in NEMA without registration.   The following guidance is

Special Investigating Unit and Special Tribunals Act : Department of Water and Sanitation

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

Cape Vulture Protocol

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 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

EA Procedure for large scale electricity transmission and distribution activities

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