1 June 2022 Written by Ashley Miller, Principal Consultant The month of June is, in South Africa, marked as National Environmental Month. South Africa is ranked third in the world in terms of biodiversity, and is recognised for its high level of indigenousness with over 90 000
On 2 July 2021, the ban on Single-Use Plastics (“SUP”) took effect in the European Union. The ban halts the sale in EU markets of the 10 plastic products that most commonly wash up on the continent’s shores. These include, among other items, plastic bottles
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Title: Draft National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations, 2015 Government Notice: GN 336 in GG 40054 of 7 June 2016 Date of commencement: Not yet specified The first draft of the National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Reporting Regulations was published May 2015. This is now a new draft
Title: National Norms and Standards for Disposal of Waste to Landfill Government Notice: GN R636 in GG 36784 of 23 August 2013 Effective date of ban: 23 August 2016 Regulation 5 of the National Norms and Standards for Disposal of Waste to Landfill specifies a list of prohibitions pertaining to
Title: Bongani and others v Harmony Gold Mining and others (consolidated case number 48226/2012) On 13 May 2016 the High Court of South Africa confirmed the validity of a class action suit against gold mining companies for damages suffered by more than half a million mine
Title: Dangerous Goods Training Bodies in terms of regulation 280(1) of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000 Government Notice: GN 268 in GG 39969 of 4 May 2016 Date of commencement: 4 May 2016 In terms of regulation 280 of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000, an operator
Title: Department of Environmental Affairs: Description in terms of section 15(1) of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 Government Notice: GN 435 in GG 39922 of 15 April 2016 Date of commencement: 15 April 2016 The Department of Environmental Affairs recently published an updated
Title: Proposed amendments to the regulations relating to qualification criteria, training and identification of, and forms to be used by, environmental management inspectors Government Notice: GN 520 in GG 39985 of 13 May 2016 Date of commencement: Not yet specified This notice proposes to amend the Regulations pertaining