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1.2 Background

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Outline of the process leading up to the formulation of the NWMS, particularly the legislative framework and precedents, including:

  • Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, particularly Section 24;
  • Consultative National Environmental Policy Process, 1995;
  • White Paper on National Environmental Management; 1997
  • National Environmental Waste Management Act, 1998;
  • National Waste Management Strategy, October 1999
  • White Paper on Integrated Pollution and Waste Management for South Africa, 2000;
  • National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act of 2003;
  • The National Environmental Management: Air Quality Management Act of 2004;
  • National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act of 2004;
  • The First and Second Amendments to NEMA;
  • National Environmental Management Act: Waste Act, 2007.