Today, in Cape Town, Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop, upheld the appeals against the Record of Decision, which was issued by her Department, with regards to the environmental impact assessment (EIA) application for the planned phase 2 of the ...  > 

The deadline for the submission of written coments on the draft Provincial Noise Control Regulations has been extended. The draft Regulations are being made to tighten planning controls around noisy activities to lessen the impact of noise on people.  > 

Ever considered the possibilities that more than 6 000 tonnes of waste generated per day in Cape Town alone hold for an innovative entrepreneur? Fortunately the possibilities are not restricted to the Peninsula but are open to every citizen of a place where waste is ...  > 

The Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning will be engaging communities across the Cape on draft Provincial Noise Control Regulations.  > 

Eskom and the City of Cape Town will publish an integrated load shedding schedule informing electricity consumers across the Western Cape of when they could possibly experience load shedding. This approach has been taken to make access to the load shedding schedules easier.  > 

After the successful efforts of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) to reduce the environmental impacts of its own operations through its 2Wise2Waste programme, the Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Ms Tasneem Essop, today (Tuesday 5th December 2006) launched the ...  > 

1.Issuing of ECA Authorisations and NEMA Environmental Authorisation ...  > 

Inspired by everybody's environmental right to effective and equitable service delivery and waste management practices, the Cleanest Town Competition has since inception in 2001 aimed to improve the physical conditions of towns all over South Africa. Having launched the Western Cape leg of the competition ...  >