Question NW2092 to the Minister of Environmental Affairs
03 July 2018 - NW2092
Hadebe, Mr TZ to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs
On what date will the Waste Management Bureau complete the process of filling the key corporate governance positions, (b) what is the composition of the Board of the Waste Management Bureau and (c) to whom does the Chief Executive Officer account currently?
Reply:
(a) The process to fill the key positions in the Waste Management Bureau is underway and this is in line with Section 34D of the National Environmental Management Waste Act. The department is anticipating to conclude the process once the listing of the Bureau is effected.
Section 34D of the Act states that “the objects of the Bureau are to –
(e) progressively build capacity within the Bureau to provide specialist support for the development and implementation of municipal waste management plans and capacity building programmes.”
(b) The Bureau does not have the Board due to the delays with the listing process.
(c) Currently the Bureau does not have the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 34A states that;
“in the event of absence of a functional Bureau or a Chief Executive Officer, the powers and duties of the Bureau revert to the Director-General of the Department contemplated in section 34G(1), who, in such a case, must exercise those powers and perform those duties until the Bureau is functional or a Chief Executive Officer is appointed. Therefore, the Director-General is currently performing these duties.”
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