Historic Environmental Crime Fines Payment With Trees

Historic Environmental Crime Fines Payment With Trees

Last week, two Gauteng Province, South Africa-based companies paid for the environmental crimes that they committed by supplying thousands of trees and shrubs (in-kind-payment) to the Gauteng Department of Environment (GDEnv), then used money to pay for the balance of their fines. Non-compliance with stipulated fines will result in harsh penalties. This mixed cash-and-kind payment