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The National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998, abbreviated NEMA) is the statutory framework to enforce Section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The NEMA is intended to promote co-operative governance and ensure that the rights of people are upheld, but also recognising the necessity of economic ...
The Constitution is formally entitled the "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996." It was previously also numbered as if it were an Act of Parliament – Act No. 108 of 1996 – but, since the passage of the Citation of Constitutional Laws Act , [ 2 ] neither it nor the acts amending it are allocated act numbers.
As confirmed by the Constitutional Court in Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association: In re Ex Parte President, this provision, read with enabling provisions elsewhere in the Constitution, is the basis of a wide-ranging system of judicial review in South Africa. Section 7(1) additionally binds the state to respect and fulfil constitutional rights.
In 1996, section 24 of the Constitution enshrined basic environmental rights. A strong theme in the current legal order is that of equitable access to resources. In the late 1990s, South Africa ratified several international conventions relating to the environment.
South African constitutional law is the area of South African law relating to the interpretation and application of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa by the country's courts. All laws of South Africa must conform with the Constitution; any laws inconsistent with the Constitution have no force or effect.
The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill was introduced in January 1961. It came into force on 31 May 1961; 31 May was a significant day in South African history, being both the day in 1902 on which the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed, ending the Second Anglo-Boer War, and the day in 1910 on which the Union of South Africa came into being.
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 Section 84(2)(f) [13] Enquiry into tragic incident at or near area commonly known as Marikana Mine in Rustenburg, North West Province: Ian Farlam [13] 23 August 2012 [13] Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry [14] Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 Section 206(5) [14]
South Africa's nine provinces each produce a number of statutes a year, in areas for which they have either concurrent, or exclusive, legislative competence under section 104 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, 1996. (See Schedule 4 of the Constitution for a list of the functions areas in respect of which a province may ...