Govt Pushes for Environmental Compliance

The Department of Environmental Affairs is amending the National Environmental Management Act so that it could take the same enforcement action against state-owned enterprises as it did against private companies.

The department states that the amendment will enable criminal prosecutions to be brought against organs of state, in line with the constitutional principle that all people and entities are equal before the law.

In its national environmental compliance and enforcement report for the 2010-11 financial year, the department found that both Eskom and the South African National Roads Authority have contravened environmental legislation in the 2010-11 financial year.

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