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MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 237 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Mrs C N Z Zikalala (IFP) to the above-mentioned question
is enclosed for your consideration.
MS NOSIPHO NGCABA
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE:
DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 237
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 4 of 2014 {NW286E}
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 28 February 2014
Mrs C N Z Zikalala (IFP) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs:
With reference to her reply to question 3207 on 3 December 2013, what are
the reasons she cannot give the names of the exporters and importers for
each lion (panthera leo) export consignment to (a) China, (b) Lao Peopleâs
Democratic Republic and (c) Vietnam in 2011 and 2012, given the fact that
she mentioned the exporters and importers in her reply to question 1734 on
23 August 2011?
237. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS REPLIES:
The department based the response to question 3207 on 3 December 2013 on
the provincial Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna Flora (CITES) Annual Reports submitted by the provincial
conservation authorities to the department so as to compile the national
CITES Annual Report. The template for reporting does not include the
details relating to the importers and exporters.
The department sourced the information to question 1734 on 23 August 2011
from the provincial conservation authorities and subsequent to submitting
that response it became evident that some information provided by the
provincial conservation authorities was inaccurate. The department cannot
verify the details relating to importers and exporters and does not have
the copies of permits issued by the provincial conservation authorities to
enable it to confirm the accuracy of information relating to importers and
exporters.
In the response to question 1734 the department indicated that it does not
have the names of the exporters and the recipients (importers) and that the
provincial conservation authorities who issued the permits should be
contacted if this information is needed.
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