The Encephalartos species are the most threatened plant group in South Africa, with a significant portion of the group designated as critically endangered and others extinct. The species group is challenged by the illegal removal of adult wild plants to meet private collection needs. The management plan seeks to ensure the sustainable survival in nature of the Encephalartos species.

The regulations classify wheat as soft and other, and it spells out the standards for classification. A consignment of wheat is classified as soft if it contains at least 95 percent (m/m) of one or more of the soft wheat seeds; otherwise, a consignment is classified as other.

By virtue of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act of 2003, the minister declares Tsitsikamma and wilderness national parks as part of garden route national park. The minister also assigns South African national parks as the management authority of the consolidated garden route national park.

An amendment to section 18(1)(f) of the animal identification act of 2002.

The notice amends the control measures of the Agricultural Pests Act. It substitutes table 10 of the control measures with a fees payable table.

This policy allows the National Department of Agriculture to provide resources to potential trainees in the agricultural field. It also outlines principles for international training programmes,

The statutory measure is subject to the marketing of agricultural products act of 1996. It applies to table olives and olive oil obtained from domestic consumption and/or imports; It states that: “A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or as an importer or as a processor. A person who is a producer, as well as an importer and/or processor, must register as a producer and as an importer and/or processor”. The measure is administered by HORTGRO services, and it compels parties to keep records and render returns, to ensure a level playing field in the industry.

This amends the environmental impact assessment regulations of 2014; subject to the national environmental management act of 1998. The amendments relate to the appointment of environmental assessment practitioners, competent authorities’ right of access to information, and submission and consideration of an environmental impact assessment report, among others.

The notice updates the schedules in the medicines and related substances act of 1965. Among other proclamations, It is explicitly stated that: “no person shall sell, have in his or her possession or manufacture any medicine or scheduled substance, except in accordance with the prescribed conditions”. It excludes substances specifically for industrial and analytical laboratory purposes.

The statutory measure applies to; designated animals, their red meat, and red meat products within the country, imported, and exported; and processed pork.

The notice of the minister states that; “no foodstuff which has been irradiated shall be sold unless the Minister or the Director-General has in writing, approved the sale of such irradiated foodstuffs. It defines irradiation as a deliberate exposure to ionising radiation.

The notice designates in the schedules of the environment conservation act of 1989, administrators and local authorities who may issue written authorization for the undertaking of activities as related to the Outeniqua Sensitive Coastal Area.

An amendment to section 18(1)(f) of the animal identification act of 2002.

The control measures are prescribed under the animal diseases act of 1984. The measures are to prevent the spread of avian influenza disease from the areas specified in the notice.

The regulations attempt to coordinate the processes in section 24M (3) of the national environmental management act of 1988, as it relates to the lodging and processing of an application for exemption.

Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development is designed to provide grants to black South African citizens to access land specifically for agricultural purposes. The strategic objectives of the sub-programme include: contributing to the redistribution of 30 % of the country’s agricultural land over 15 years, improving nutrition and incomes of the rural poor who want to farm on any scale, de-congesting overcrowded former homeland areas; and expanding opportunities for women and young people who stay in rural areas.

“The minister, In terms of section 22(1) of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989, designates the competent authority, as defined in section 1 of the said Act (as amended by Proclamation R43 of 8 August 1996), in each province as an authority which may issue a written authorisation to undertake or cause to undertake identified activities specified by the government.

The statutory measure applies to milk. It provides a statutory mechanism for dairy producers to keep records and report returns to the administrator of the measure – the milk producers organization. It sees registration as a means to ensure the availability of information to all players in the industry, to enable them to make informed decisions. The records and returns to be kept are listed out.

The bush control scheme is established to prevent the invasion of certain plants, maintain the production potential of lands, and regulate the payment of subsidies out of funds set aside by Parliament for this scheme. The scheme applies to lands specified in the act that has been invaded by the specified plant species.

The act provides for the management and preservation of the national biodiversities in South Africa. The act will operate within the framework of the national environmental management act of 1998. Among others, it guides the protection of endangered species and ecosystems, the sustainable use of resources, and the fair sharing of benefits accruable from indigenous biological resources. It also provides for the establishment of a national biodiversity institute.