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NATIONAL WATER ACT (36/1998): IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF PERIODIC SHORTAGE OF WATER IN RICHARDS: DECLARATION OF THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG TERM INTERVENTIONS AS AN EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT WATERWORKS

Posted 17 March 2017

The Minister of Water and Sanitation has, in terms of section 110(2)(a) of the NWA, declared that the installation of a Packaged Desalination Plant and the upgrade of the Thukela Goedertrouw Transfer Scheme by the DWS is to mitigate the impact of the water crisis in Richards Bay and is an emergency waterworks and therefore not subject to the approval of an environmental impact assessment before construction commences.

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): CULTURAL HERITAGE SURVEY GUIDELINES AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR PROTECTED AREAS IN SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT (10/2004): DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR THE DOMESTIC TRADE IN RHINOCEROS HORN, OR A PART, PRODUCT OR DERIVATIVE OF RHINOCEROS HORN