Monster illegal tower rises in stunned Harrismith Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by 11th March 2021 The Democratic Alliance (DA) have written to Minister of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, the MEC of Cogta in the Free State, Skully Nxangisa, and the Municipal Manager, Patric Mothamaha, alerting them of an illegal telecommunications tower that has been erected in Harrismith. The erection of this telecommunications tower is illegal in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA), the municipal by-laws, and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations.