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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Minister Buyelwa Sonjica releases the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report for 2008/09 25 November 2009 A total of 4661 environmental cases were reported nationally for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009. During this period the total number of criminal dockets registered was 2412 compared with 1762 in the previous reporting period. This was announced by the Minister of Water...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Johannesburg - The 2010 football World Cup in South Africa will have an elephantine carbon footprint compared to the 2006 Cup in Germany, the South African government said Tuesday. Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica told parliament that a...
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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Minister Buyelwa Sonjica to launch National Compliance and Enforcement Report 24 November 2009 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...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Environmental and Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has warned that government will crack down on people who make use of illegal water connections.
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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Keynote address by Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Buyelwa Sonjica, at the Western Cape provincial Water Indaba, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town 23 November 2009 Programme director Chairperson of the Water Portfolio Committee Honourable Members of Parliament here present Mayors and councillors from various municipalities Director-general and deputy directors-general...
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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Opening statement by Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Buyelwa Sonjica, at the annual Departmental Lekgotla 19 November 2009 Deputy Minister, Rejoice Mabudafhasi Director General, Nosipho Ngcaba Deputy director-generals, advisors Chief Directors, directors and all other members of staff Good morning We are meeting here as the leadership of the Department of Environmental Affairs, at a time...
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SouthAfrica.info RSS feed (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
It is crucial that ambitous, legally binding, two-track carbon emission reduction targets emerge from the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, says South African Environmental and Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.
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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Africa's water and sanitation targets could miss millennium development timelines 9 November 2009 Africa is facing a backlog in meeting its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets on water and sanitation said the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Buyelwa Sonjica at the opening of the second annual Africa Water Week, at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Johannesburg. At the current rate, the...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Environment Minister Buyelwa Sonjica is "cautiously optimistic" about a deal on climate change being hammered out at the forthcoming Copenhagen conference. But no deal would be better than a weak deal, she said, and SA as a developing nation would not commit itself to specific emission reduction targets.
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Suspended water affairs chief Pam Yako is taking Environment and Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica and President Jacob Zuma to the Labour Court.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The threat of climate change could imperil an estimated 4 million South African citizens who are still without access to potable water, the country's Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Ms. Buyelwa Sonjica said this week. Speaking at a Water Summit in Durban in Kwa Zulu-Natal Province on Nov. 2, Sonjica said climate change would impact future availability and that government was, therefore, giving...
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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Post-Cabinet briefing by Themba Maseko and joined by Ministers Sisulu and Sonjica 5 November 2009 Government Spokesperson, Themba Maseko, will brief the media tomorrow on the outcomes of today's Cabinet meeting held at Tuynhuys, Cape Town. He will be joined by the Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, and the Water and Environmental Affairs Minister, Buyelwa Sonjica. The Ministers...
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New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica briefs media on Climate change 5 November 2009 The current United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, culminating in Copenhagen in December, aims at reaching agreement on strengthening the international climate change regime beyond 2012. South Africa is cautiously optimistic about the deal emerging from the talks, in light...
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