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August 2010 15 8848• To provide a framework of minimum waste disposal standards within which to work andupon which to build.The objectives of the Minimum Requirements for the handling, classification and disposal ofhazardous waste are to:• Prevent water pollution and ensure sustained fitness for use of South Africa’s waterresources;• Attain and maintain minimum waste management standards in South Africa, so as toprotect human health and the environment from possible harmful effects caused by thehandling, treatment, storage and disposal of waste;• Effectively administer and provide a systematic and nationally uniform approach to thewaste disposal process; and• Endeavour to make South African waste management practices internationallyacceptable.2.5.2 The National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998)The provision of water in South Africa is divided into public water and private water, and itsuse is regulated by the National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) (NWA) (under the directorship ofthe DWA). It must be noted that, in terms of the NWA, it is an offence to pollute public and/orprivate water to render it unfit for the propagation of fish and aquatic life, including rainwater,seawater, and subterranean water.2.5.3 The National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act 10 of 2004)The objectives of this Act are-a) Within the framework of the NEMA, to provide for-• The management and conservation of biological diversity within the of Republic of SouthAfrica and of the components of such biological diversity;• The use of indigenous biological resources in a sustainable manner; and• The fair and equitable sharing among stakeholders of benefits arising from bioprospectinginvolving indigenous biological resources.b) To give effect to ratified international agreements relating to biodiversity which arebinding on the Republic of South Africa;c) To provide for co-operative governance in biodiversity management andconservation; andZITHOLELE CONSULTING