A week ago, on 28 April 2023, the President finally published, in the Government Gazette, his decision
to bring Section 6 of the National Energy Act (NEA), into operation. A couple of days before that The
Green Connection and the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI)
received correspondence from the State Attorney on behalf of the President and the Minister in the
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), that the President had decided to bring Section
6 into operation with effect from 1 April 2024.