Department of Environmental Affairs (South Africa)

Department of Environmental Affairs
Department overview
Formed2009
Preceding Department
Dissolved2019
Superseding Department
JurisdictionSouth Africa
HeadquartersPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

The Department of Environmental Affairs was a department of the South African government with responsibility for the environment. It was created in 2009 when the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism was split into two departments, and was replaced in 2019 by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries which also incorporated the forestry and fisheries components from the former Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.[1]

  1. ^ "President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments". gov.za. 14 June 2019.