SHROUDED IN SECRECY: Five years of silence — who is assessing the assessors of SA’s environmental future?

South Africa's environmental assessment regulator is facing scrutiny over a five-year period of silence regarding professional misconduct and disciplinary sanctions. While other professional sectors, such as legal and engineering bodies, routinely and publicly log disciplined members, the environmental assessment sector lacks transparent reporting on these matters.

The absence of public disciplinary records raises questions regarding accountability and oversight within the regulatory framework that governs South Africa's environmental future. This lack of transparency contrasts sharply with the practices of comparable professional regulatory bodies in the country.