Name change for Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Department

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This follows the announcement of the sixth administration in 2019, when the forestry and fisheries functions were amalgamated into the Department of Environmental Affairs, which became known as the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.

The department said in a statement on Wednesday that the name of the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) will change on 1 April 2021.

"The DEFF will in future be known as the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)," it said.

The substitution and designation of names for National Department and Office of the Premiers and heads thereof was published in Government Gazette 44229 (Notice No. 172) in terms of the Public Service Act on 5 March 2021.