The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Buyelwa Sonjica will officially launch the National Compliance and Enforcement Report (NCER) 2008/09 on Wednesday, 25 November 2009.
The objective of the NCER is to provide a national overview of environmental compliance and enforcement activities undertaken by the relevant institutions across the country during the period 01 April 2008 to 31 March 2009.
The report reflects the work of all environmental compliance and enforcement officials operating at a national and provincial level, with certain sections focusing particularly on the Environmental Management Inspectorate (EMI - Green Scorpions).
The Environmental Management Inspectorate is a network of environmental enforcement officials from different government departments (national, provincial and municipal). EMI's are popularly referred to as the Green Scorpions. The Inspectorate was created when an amendment to the National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998 (NEMA) came into effect on 1 May 2005.
There are a total of 903 Environmental Management Inspectors on the national register.
For further information on the EMI click on the link below:
http://emi.deat.gov.za/
Media briefing details:
Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Time: 11h00 to 12h00
Venue: Colosseum Hotel, No 410 Schoeman Street Pretoria
Parking: Secured overflow parking has been arranged at Metro situated at the corner of Du Toit Street and Vermeulen Street with (free shuttle service every 10 minutes).
RSVP:
Judith van der Merwe
Tel: 012 310 3309
Cell: 083 321 2617
E-mail: jvdmerwe@deat.gov.za
For media queries contact:
Roopa Singh
Cell: 082 225 3076
Issued by: Department of Environmental Affairs
24 November 2009
