The nine provinces in South Africa each have their own respective provincial legislation in the form of provincial ordinances or bills. Here you can download the Nature Conservation Ordinances for each province. Some sections may relate to exotic alien species and invasive species.

Provinces listed alphabetically:

Eastern Cape

Provincial nature conservation in the Eastern Cape Province is administered by the Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Conservation and Tourism.

2019: Draft Eastern Cape Environmental Management Bill

Free State

Provincial nature conservation in the Free State Province is administered by the Free State Department of Tourism, Environment and Economic Affairs.

2012: Free State Nature Conservation Bill Amendment

1983: Free State Nature Conservation Regulations 1983

1969: Free State Nature Conservation Ordinance 8 of 1969

Gauteng

Provincial nature conservation in Gauteng Province is administered by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD).

2014: Gauteng Draft Nature Conservation Bill 2014 

2005:  Gauteng Nature Conservation Ordinance

KwaZulu-Natal

Provincial nature conservation in KwaZulu-Natal Province is administered by Ezemvelo-KZN Wildlife.

1999: KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Amendment 

1997: KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Management Act

                     1994:  KwaZulu-Natal Conservation Ordinance

Limpopo

Provincial nature conservation in Limpopo Province is administered by the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET).

2003: Limpopo Province Environmental Management Act 7 of 2003

Mpumalanga

Provincial nature conservation in Mpumalanga Province is administered by the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency.

1998: Mpumalanga Nature Conservation Act 10 of 1998

North West Province

Provincial nature conservation in North West Province is administered by the North West Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment.  

2017: North West Biodiversity Management Act 4 of 2016

Northern Cape

Provincial nature conservation management in the Northern Cape is undertaken by the Department of Environment and Nature Conservation.

2009: Northern Cape Nature Conservation Act 9 of 2009

Western Cape

Provincial nature conservation in the Western Cape Province is administrated by Cape Nature.

2019: Western Cape Draft Biodiversity Bill

2000: Western Cape Nature Conservation Ordinance

1974: Western Cape Nature Conservation Ordinance of 1974

SANParks

South African National Parks oversees the management of all the national parks in South Africa. SANParks carries out invasive species control programmes in their respective parks.