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HEFTY FINES AND IMPRISONMENT LOOMS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION PROCESSES - BY WANDISILE MANDLANA AND SANDRA GORE
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Investors entering the South African market may require environmental authorisation. They are well advised to familiarise themselves with those requirements.
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES: NEW LAWS IN THE PIPE LINE TO DECISIVELY RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE BY CLAIRE TUCKER AND WANDISILE MANDLANA
Friday, April 17, 2009
Introduction and Background
New laws may be in the pipeline in South Africa to address climate change after the South African Finance Minister’s (“the Minister”) Budget speech on 11 February 2009. In the 2009 Budget speech, the Minister announced specific additional measures which South Africa will implement in responding to climate change.
ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHT RELIED ON TO FORCE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION SANDRA GORE AND CLAIRE TUCKER
Friday, April 17, 2009
Environmental Right relied on to force disclosure of information Sandra Gore and Claire Tucker
CHANGING THE FACE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA BY CLAIRE TUCKER AND TWAAMBO MULEZA
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The South African government, through the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (“DEAT”) has made efforts to amend existing environmental legislation and enact new legislation for better environmental management. In 2008, parliament approved amendments to the following legislation...
THE CONTAMINATED LAND PROVISION IN THE WASTE MANAGEMENT BILL: IMPLICATIONS FOR LAND OWNERS AND SALE OF BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS BY CLAIRE TUCKER AND TWAAMBO MULEZA
Monday, December 08, 2008
The National Environmental Management: Waste Management Bill (“Waste Bill”)[1] is now well on its way to becoming law. The Waste Bill was passed by the National Assembly on 23 October 2008 and is to be submitted to the President for assent.
NEW ORDER MINING RIGHTS FOUR YEARS INTO A NEW MINING REGIME BY CLAIRE TUCKER AND TWAAMBO MULEZA
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Introduction
The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 ((MPRDAA) came into force on 1 May 2004 and ushered in a new regime for the exploitation of mineral and petroleum resources in South Africa. In line with this new regime, all rights to minerals and petroleum resources issued under the MPRDA are suitably referred to as new order rightss.
A PRACTICAL INSIGHT TO CROSS-BORDER ENVIRONMENT LAW BY CLAIRE TUCKER AND MANDY STOBART
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
The environmental right enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 ("the Constitution") is the basis for environmental policy in South Africa as is the relevant national and provincial legislation....
THE FUTURE OF CARBON TRADING IN SOUTH AFRICA BY CLAIRE TUCKER & SANDRA GORE
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Background
South Africa and African industries have been slow in taking advantage of the Kyoto Protocolls potential economic and environmental benefits, particularly the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Certified Emission Reductions (CER) trading. Africa has only 25 projects, compared with 581 Asian projects. Ranked as one of the highest per capita carbon emitters in the world, South African industries could receive both substantial incomes and cleaner technology from CER trading and CDMs - at the expense of developed nationss industries.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE LEGAL GUIDE TO: ENVIRONMENT LAW 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Environment Law 2007
NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT BILL CONTAINS FAR REACHING RETROSPECTIVE PROVISIONS REGARDING CONTAMINATED LAND
Friday, March 30, 2007
The most significant aspect of the Waste Bill released in January this year by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism is the proposal to include a retrospective contaminated land provision.
At this point the proposed section on contaminated land is vague and has potentially very far reaching consequences for the acquisition and disposal of land in South Africa.
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The Consumer Protection Act sets up an extensive administrative structure for the protection of consumers, with numerous provisions dealing with the obligations that businesses have, and, also, actions that they may not take. One of the obligations that will apply is that a person providing goods or services to consumers will be allowed to conduct business only under specific names (section 79(1)). A number of scenarios are envisaged by Act.
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Bowman Gilfillan has also entered into an arrangement with CIDA City Campus, particularly in business subjects, in terms of which we prepare the lecture materials for, and present lectures to, their second year students. We also provide CIDA with legal advice. All of this is done free of any charge, as part of our social responsibility programme.
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