What is the latest information on the criminal charges laid by her department against the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality regarding the sewage crises in the city of Durban?

What are the details of the Awareness Programme of hr department regarding the importance of wetlands in terms of the (a) budget allocated,(b) personnel assigned and (c) roll out across the Republic?

What progress has been in the development and/or implementation of the National Wetland Inventory ?

(a) Who is responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the National Wetland Management Framework and(b) what are the details of the success that has been achieved in restoring the wetlands since the inception of the framework?

(1) With reference to the Industry Wildlife Forum that is managed in an exclusive, closed and non transparent manner, while the Wildlife Wellbeing Forum is inclusive with broad membership and access (details furnished), what are the reasons that the two entities are managed differently; (2) whether she intends to take steps to bring the Industry Wildlife Forum management in line with the way in which the Wildlife Wellbeing Forum is being managed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

(1) With reference to the Industry Wildlife Forum that is managed in an exclusive, closed and non transparent manner, while the Wildlife Wellbeing Forum is inclusive with broad membership and access (details furnished}, what are the reasons that the two entities are managed differently; (2) whether she intends to take steps to bring the Industry Wildlife Forum management in line with the way in which the Wildlife Wellbeing Forum is being managed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

(1) Whether, with regard to the high levels of rhino poaching in the Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, especially in the Imfolozi and iHluhluwe Game Reserves, and noting that rhino poaching is an international concern and the rhino form an important part of the metapopulation, her department has taken steps to support and assist KwaZulu-Natal in light of the dramatic increase in rhino poaching; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what form of support and assistance has been provided by her department in this regard; {2) whether the Intensive Protection Zone has been implemented in the specified parks; if not, why not; if so, how effective has it been?

(1) With regard to the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) in captive lion and closure of the captive lion industry (details furnished), what (a) is the status and progress of the MTT to date and (b) are the reasons for the removal within a few hours of a much welcomed and applauded social media post by her department announcing the closure of the captive lion breeding and highlighting the cruelty and reputational risks; (2) whether the removal of the social media post indicates that her department has reneged on its - intention to close the captive lion breeding industry; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the reasons; (3) whether her department has been put under pressure by the captive lion breeders to not close the industry; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether she intends to use the wellbeing clause of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act, Act 2 of 2022, which allows for the Minister to declare some activities as prohibited when welfare risks are high, to declare the captive lion breeding a prohibited activity in the near future; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

What (a) total amount was spent on litigation by the Department of Fisheries (i) in the (aa) 2019-20, (bb) 2020-21, (cc) 2021-22 and (dd) 2022-23 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2023 and (b) are the relevant (i) case numbers and (ii) parties to the litigation in each case?

What total number of elephant trophies from each province have been exported from the Republic in the period between 21 April 2022 and the latest specified date for which information is available?