Question NW2114 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

(1) Whether she has been informed that in spite of a certain company (name furnished) being issued with a directive from her department to desist from building cofferdams without a dumping permit in terms off the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, Act 24 of 2008, the specified company continues to do so in spite of the terms and/or provisions of section 79(1)(d) of the specified Act that a person is guilty of a category one offence if that person dumps any waste at sea without a dumping permit; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what steps does her department intend take against the specified company that has been guilty of the specified offence continually since 2014,but now continues to commit the offence even after being issued with an official environmental directive from her department in order to stop the illegal activity?