More specifically they:

• Formulate provincial environmental health policies, guidelines, norms and standards.
• Ensure co-operative governance with relevant national and provincial departments and other stakeholders.
• Investigate and report on all ministerial (national and provincial) enquiries.
• Facilitate and co-ordinate the environmental health response regarding disaster management.
• Manage the environmental health information system for the province.
• Facilitate and provide provincial environmental health inputs regarding new developments and land usage.
• Manage and facilitate provincial and national food safety programmes as well as the investigation of food poisoning outbreaks.
• Audit legal compliance of irradiation facilities and irradiated commodities on behalf of the National Department of Health.
• Identify training/education needs of Environmental Health Practitioners (EHP) in the province and facilitate the implementation of training programmes/projects.
• Manage community service of EHPs in the province along with the provincial co-ordinator for Community Services.
• Control the import, manufacture and sale of hazardous substances (licensing) and facilitate the investigation of pesticide poisonings from agricultural and stock remedies.
• Facilitate and co-ordinate the environmental health response regarding communicable disease outbreaks.
• Audit environmental health conditions at all government institutions (parliament, hospitals, correctional service institutions, police stations, etc.).

Head Office:
Ewald Bonzet
Programme Manager
Tel: 021 421 1124
Fax: 021 418 5685
importctn@xsinet.co.za

Metro District Health Services:
Eddie Hanekom
Component Head
Tel: 021 918 1513
Fax: 021 918 1513
ehanekom@pgwc.gov.za

Danie Louw
Tel: 021 918 1559
Fax: 021 918 1513
dlouw@pgwc.gov.za

Stanley Nomdo
Tel: 021 918 1581
Fax: 021 918 1513
snomdo@pgwc.gov.za

Boland/Overberg Region:
Guilluame Olivier
Component Head
Tel: 023 348 1431
Fax: 021 342 8501
golivier@pgwc.gov.za

Sonika Koopman
Tel: 023 348 1432
Fax: 023 342 8501

West Coast/Winelands:
Johan Goosen
Component Head
Tel: 027 213 4070
Fax: 027 213 3145
jgoosen@pgwc.gov.za