About The Website

Objectives and purpose of the website

The purpose of the Waste Economy Enterprises Repository of South Africa (WEERSA) website is to promote access to information of the department to the general public, profile the department in terms of department's mandate and its guiding legislations, showcase the departmental current and planned activities by means of publishing the annual reports, medium term strategic plan, previous and upcoming events, news and speeches.

To ensure fulfilment of this, the guiding objectives of the department are:

  • ensure that information on the website is easily found accessible
  • contribute towards public engagement through information provision
  • provide access to online departmental information
  • provide information about the department and its services.
  • provide access to WEERSA provincial department websites
  • provide access to the department’s public entities websites

Target audience:

Sectors of the public engaged in and those that have growing interest in environmental issues. These comprise of:

  • national and international environmental organisations (private and NGO sector)
  • national, provincial and local government authorities
  • the media
  • miscellaneous members of the national and international community

Frequency of updating

The website is updated on a daily basis. Our policy is to provide information as and when it becomes available. However, the managers of the departmental website cannot guarantee the currency of information that is published on other websites and statutory bodies that are linked to.

Recommended browsers and screen resolution

Recommended browsers for viewing the site are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and other browsers.

Recommended screen resolution for viewing the site is 1920 x 1080 pixels or higher.

Document formats
  • The main format for information on this website is HTML. However, PDF versions of documents (e.g. Acts, Bills, tender bulletins, gazettes, reports, etc.) are provided to preserve the original layout thereof and/or to assist users in the downloading thereof.
  • To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. It will open documents directly in your browser.
  • Sometimes it takes long to open PDF documents. In this case, we recommend that you download it to your computer and open it from there.
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