Revised Carbon Tax Bill: Urges closer to implementation
On the 20th day of November 2018 the Minister of Finance tabled the revised Carbon Tax Bill in parliament. The revised Bill contains comments received...
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The (un)certainty of taxes: Is the 1 January 2019 implementation date for carbon tax possible?
One thing is certain in this context: anyone having to sign off on the Carbon Tax Bill has an unenviable job. Though everyone making submissions at the Carbon Tax Draft Bill public hearings held in mid-March appreciates the need for responsible climate change action,…
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Environmental Law: What does 2018 have in store for us?
The year 2017 has been a busy year insofar as environmental legislation is concerned. Among the changes in 2017 was the amendments to the 2014...
Electricity act licence exemptions finally being implemented
The Department of Energy has paved the way to enable smaller scale renewable energy projects to generate power not only for own use, but also...
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Draft Carbon Offsets Regulations published for comment
On 20 June 2016, the South African National Treasury published draft Carbon Offsets Regulations (“draft regulations”), intended as a component of the proposed carbon tax....
Climate change, the South African Carbon Tax and the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement (the “Agreement”) will be signed on Friday, 22 April 2016 in New York. This adds further impetus to the international response to...
2016 budget effect on carbon tax?
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan did not mention the proposed carbon tax (the “tax”) in his Budget Speech delivered on 24 February 2016. Curiously, given the...
Carbon tax update: Priority air pollutants have been declared
The Draft Carbon Tax Bill, 2015 (Bill) provides for a carbon tax to be imposed on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Carbon tax is one of the...
Draft Carbon Tax Bill published for comment
The National Treasury published the Draft Carbon Tax Bill (the Draft Bill) for public comment on 2 November 2015.
According to Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group’s Head of Public...
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