Regulatory Compliance and Sector Monitoring Projects and Programmes

Submitted by admin on November 18, 2021

Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Lekgotla

Since 2006, the department has hosted a series of multi-stakeholder conferences focused on environmental compliance and enforcement. These events take place on two years intervals. The objective of these events is to bring together international, national, provincial and local authorities that are involved in environmental compliance to discuss topics of common interest, to develop capacity, to make recommendations and to develop strategies to tackle the challenges facing the environmental compliance and enforcement sector. The attendees to these events typically comprise international, national, provincial and local environmental authorities; other relevant national departments, such as those administering labour, health, water, health as well as mineral regulation. In addition, other key stakeholders in the criminal justice system, including the South African Police Services (SAPS) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), are invited to participate. Also, it has become customary for the department to release the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report during these events.

• 2019 Lekgotla • 2017 Lekgotla • 2015 Lekgotla

National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Reports (NECER)

NECER 2019/20

The 2019/20 financial year marks the 14th year in which DEFF has collaborated with its provincial and local counterparts and statutory bodies to develop the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER); a joint publication that aims to provide an overview of environmental compliance and enforcement activities undertaken by the various environmental authorities over the period of a financial year. The NECER is aimed at a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including a range of private, public and community-based institutions. In this respect, the report seeks to fulfil some of the information requirements of regulators, the regulated, the general public and other interested organisations.

NECER 2018/19

The 2018/19 NECER is divided into 14 chapters. It commences with a summary of the key findings of the report, followed by a section outlining the capacity and profile of the Environmental Management Inspectorate. An overall is followed by a more detailed breakdown per institution/province. The subsequent legal chapters include recent court cases related to the environment; as well as the legislative developments that came into effect in the financial year.

NECER 2017/18

The NECER is aimed at a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including a range of private, public and community-based institutions. In this respect, the report seeks to fulfil some of the information requirements of regulators, the regulated, the general public and other interested organisations.

NECER 2016/ 17

The 2016/17 financial year marks the 10th year in which DFFE has collaborated with its provincial counterparts and statutory bodies to develop the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER); a joint publication that aims to provide an overview of environmental compliance and enforcement activities undertaken by the various environmental authorities over the period of a financial year.

NECER 2015/ 16

The 2015/16 financial year marks the 9th year in which DFFE has collaborated with its provincial counterparts and statutory bodies to develop the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER); a joint publication that aims to provide an overview of environmental compliance and enforcement activities undertaken by the various environmental authorities over the period of a financial year.

NECER 2014/ 2015

The 2014/15 financial year marks the 8th year in which DFFE has collaborated with its provincial counterparts and statutory bodies to develop the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER); a joint publication that aims to provide an overview of environmental compliance and enforcement activities undertaken by the various environmental authorities over the period of a fi nancial year.

NECER 2013/ 2014

The 2013/14 financial year marks the 7th year in which the national Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has collaborated with its provincial counterparts and statutory bodies to develop the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER); a joint publication that aims to provide an overview of environmental compliance and enforcement activities undertaken by the various environmental authorities over the period of a financial year...

NECER 2012/ 2013

This report, which outlines the work and achievements of the environmental compliance and enforcement sector over the 2012/2013 period, is the sixth of its kind since the inception of the Environmental Management Inspectorate (EMI). As the EMI institutions become better at reporting the information each year, so the accuracy of the statistics in the report improve, providing us with a more comprehensive understanding of the important work being done by the environmental compliance and enforcement sector.

NECER 2011/ 2012

This report marks the sixth of its kind since the inception of the Environmental Management Inspectorate. It outlines the work and achievements of the environmental compliance and enforcement sector over the 2011/2012 period. The landscape of environmental legislation in South Africa has shifted dramatically in the past decade, with a major legislative review producing one of the most comprehensive regulatory environmental frameworks in the world.

NECER 2010/ 2011

The initiation of this report coincided with the creation of a common set of national compliance and enforcement powers through the establishment of the Environmental Management Inspectorate in 2005. However, it must be noted that the scope of this report extends beyond the work of the Inspectorate, and also includes other regulatory functions executed in terms of provincial legislation.

NECER 2009 / 2010

NECER report's objective is to provide a national overview of environmental compliance and enforcement activities undertaken during the period 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010. This report reflects the work of all environmental compliance and enforcement officials operating at national and provincial levels; even though certain sections focus particularly on the Environmental Management Inspectorate.

National Environmental Compliance Enforcement Lekgotla

Since 2006, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has hosted a series of multi-stakeholder conferences focused on environmental compliance and enforcement.

The following events have taken place in the past:

the first Environmental Enforcement Conference (EEC), February 2006, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
the second Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Lekgotla (ECEL), 2007, Golden Gate, Free State;
the third Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Lekgotla, 2009, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape; and
the fourth Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Lekgotla, 2012, Polokwane, Limpopo; and
the fifth Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Lekgotla, 2013, Hermanus, Western Cape.

• 2015 event (upcoming) • 2013 event

Appeals and Legal Review

The Directorate: Appeals and Legal Review is responsible for administering appeals and making recommendations on appeals to the Minister of Environmental Affairs. Subsection 43(1A) of NEMA further determines that any person may appeal to the Minister against a decision made in terms of NEMA or any of the SEMAs by the Minister responsible for mineral resources or any person acting under that Minister’s delegated authority. The Minister may, in terms of subsection 5 of NEMA consider and decide an appeal or appoint an appeal panel to consider and advise the Minister on the appeal.