{"id":316931,"date":"2026-05-15T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=316931"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:11:54","slug":"waterwet-gewysig-straf-munisipale-bestuurders-in-hul-persoonlike-hoedanigheid-vir-besoedeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/waterwet-gewysig-straf-munisipale-bestuurders-in-hul-persoonlike-hoedanigheid-vir-besoedeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterwet gewysig: \u2018Straf munisipale bestuurders in hul persoonlike hoedanigheid vir besoedeling\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Anja du Plessis, hoogleraar in waterbestuur aan Unisa se departement geografie, s\u00ea dit is nie ongewoon dat die departement van bosbou, visserye en die omgewing, asook die departement van water en sanitasie, \u2019n plaaslike owerheid strafregtelik van waterbesoedeling aankla nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dit sluit aan by\u00a0<em>Die Papier<\/em>\u00a0se berig vandag dat di\u00e9 departemente die Emfuleni- plaaslike owerheid aankla weens 73 klagte van besoedeling van die Vaalrivier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April Ntuli, Emfuleni se munispale bestuurder, het verlede week in Vereeniging in hierdie verband in die hof verskyn. AfriForum wil toesien dat Ntuli in sy persoonlijke hoedanigheid aanspreeklik gehou word deur \u2019n groot boete of selfs tronkstraf opgel\u00ea moet word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Du Plessis s\u00ea \u2019n ander munisipaliteit, eMalahleni, is verlede jaar met R650 miljoen beboet vir waterbesoedeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Du Plessis s\u00ea dit is hoogtyd dat munisipale bestuurders in hul persoonlike hoedanigheid gestraf word as \u2019n plaaslike owerheid aan besoedeling skuldig bevind word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sy s\u00ea die Nasionale Waterwet word tans gewysig om hiervoor voorsiening te maak. In die verlede is plaaslike owerhede \u201cskuldig bevind\u201d en dan moet die belastingbetaler opdok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volgens Du Plessis is die wysigings van die Nasionale Waterwet daarop gemik om die \u201cvoortdurende agteruitgang\u201d van die land se waterbronne te voorkom deur hewige strafmaatre\u00ebls in te stel. Dit beteken verantwoordelike amptenare sal n\u00e1 skuldigbevinding tot tien jaar tronk toe gestuur kan word of \u2019n boete van tot R10 miljoen opgel\u00ea kan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lees die volledige berig in hierdie week se uitgawe van\u00a0<em>Die Papier<\/em>, wat tans op die rakke is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huisaflewering is ook beskikbaar deur On the Dot te e-pos by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:diepapierintekening@onthedot.co.za\">diepapierintekening@onthedot.co.za<\/a>&nbsp;of te bel by 087 353 2191.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2019n Elektroniese koerant kan ook gekoop word by op&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/e-uitgawes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">novanews.co.za\/diepapier<\/a>&nbsp;of by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/ZA\/Novus-Media\/Die-Papier\/Newspaper\/All-Issues\">Magzter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Anja du Plessis, hoogleraar in waterbestuur aan Unisa se departement geografie, s\u00ea dit is nie ongewoon dat die departement van bosbou, visserye en die omgewing, asook die departement van water en sanitasie, \u2019n plaaslike owerheid strafregtelik van waterbesoedeling aankla nie. Dit sluit aan by\u00a0Die Papier\u00a0se berig vandag dat di\u00e9 departemente die Emfuleni- plaaslike owerheid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":316786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"author_byline":"EliseTempelhof","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16321,16324,16323,15603,15577,16322],"class_list":["post-316931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nuus","tag-anja-du-plessis","tag-emalahleni","tag-emfuleni","tag-nuus","tag-top","tag-unisa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Waterwet gewysig: \u2018Straf munisipale bestuurders in hul persoonlike hoedanigheid vir besoedeling\u2019 | Die Papier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/waterwet-gewysig-straf-munisipale-bestuurders-in-hul-persoonlike-hoedanigheid-vir-besoedeling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"af_ZA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Waterwet gewysig: \u2018Straf munisipale bestuurders in hul persoonlike hoedanigheid vir besoedeling\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prof. Anja du Plessis, hoogleraar in waterbestuur aan Unisa se departement geografie, s\u00ea dit is nie ongewoon dat die departement van bosbou, visserye en die omgewing, asook die departement van water en sanitasie, \u2019n plaaslike owerheid strafregtelik van waterbesoedeling aankla nie. 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