Challenges . The Environmental Management Frameworks (EMFs) completed but not gazetted. Targets to be adjusted for the 2009/10 financial year. . The envisaged target of conviction rate against environmental transgressors for all cases that have been to court was calculated at between 75 to 80%. The cases have not gone through courts, hence there were no convictions. 20 cases are with the National Prosecution Authority (NPA). . The envisaged target percentage reduction of unpermitted waste disposal sites was set at 30%. There was a 2.5% reduction. The department depends on municipalities submitting applications. All municipalities owning 116 sites have been visited to compile applications.