Motorists in Gauteng face fines or arrest for carrying unlicensed game meat. At a recent N1 roadblock near Hammanskraal, 172 cars were stopped — 33 had game meat. One driver was fined R4 000. Ewan Botha Stay legal. Get a permit. 👉 thebulrushes.com/2025/08/26/unl…

Enviro News Issue No. 40 #GrowingGautengTogether Ewan Botha Gauteng Provincial Gov Ewan Botha

The Green Scorpions, working with the Hawks, arrested 2 suspects for illegal possession of cycads. This success shows the power of collaboration in protecting our natural heritage. 🌱💪 #Environment #BiodiversityProtection #GreenScorpions #GrowingGautengTogether

Gauteng Department of Environment Upon arrival at an illegal waste facility in Duncenville, Vereeniging, all the illegal workers made a run for it. MEC Botha and the team apprehended them for arrest. Gauteng Department of Environment #KeepGautengClean #MECEwanBotha #EnvironmentManagement

Gauteng Department of Environment This facility has been fined & an official directive for closure given in 2019 & 2023 which they have disregarded & continued operating. 10 illegal immigrants have been detained,with others still in hiding in the facility. #KeepGautengClean #MECEwanBotha #EnvironmentalManagement

Gauteng Department of Environment “We are done with this illegality”, affirmed MEC Botha, as he shut down the waste facility operating without a Waste Management License, employing undocumented workers & exposing them to unsafe conditions. #KeepGautengClean #MECEwanBotha #EnvironmentalManagement

Gauteng Department of Environment MEC Botha is currently at Sedibeng Police Station to verify the arrests and processing of all the illegal foreigners who were working at and running the illegal waste facility the @GEnv team earlier today. #KeepGautengClean #MECEwanBotha #EnvironmentalManagement #SALawInEffect

🎥 MEC Ewan Botha during today’s compliance blitz in EmfuleniMunicipality : A waste facility operating without a Waste Management License, employing undocumented workers & exposing them to unsafe conditions has been officially closed. #GrowingGautengTogether #WasteManagement

During today’s compliance blitz in EmfuleniMunicipality , 10 illegal immigrants were apprehended working & living in hazardous conditions at an unlicensed waste facility. MEC Ewan Botha , EMIs, SAPS & municipalities issued an instruction of closure. #EnvironmentJustice #WorkerSafety

🚨 MEDIA ALERT: MEC Ewan Botha led a crackdown in Vereeniging. An unlicensed waste facility was shut down, 10 undocumented foreign nationals arrested & unsafe labour conditions exposed. Gauteng is protecting workers & the environment. 🌍⚖️ #GrowingGautengTogether

🚨 MEDIA ALERT: MEC Ewan Botha led a crackdown in Vereeniging. An unlicensed waste facility was shut down, 10 undocumented foreign nationals arrested & unsafe labour conditions exposed. Gauteng Department of Environment is protecting workers & the environment. #GrowingGautengTogether #MECEwanBotha