Duty Of Care Enforcement Goes Local: What Municipal Section 28 Directives Mean For Business

Since June 2023, when most of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act 2 of 2022 (NEMLAA) took effect, municipal managers, and the officials to whom they delegate, have been entitled to issue binding directives under section 28 of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA). Before that, the power was confined to […]