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MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 585 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Dr P J Rabie (DA) 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. 585
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 10 of 2013 NW740E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 28 March 2013
Dr P J Rabie (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) How many permits were issued to undertake whale and dolphin watching
in the (a) Struisbaai and (b) Arniston areas of operation on 24 June
2011;
(2) on what grounds does the company Ihulu Enterprise have a permit?
Dr P J Rabie (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
(1) The Struisbaai and Arniston areas are combined into one designated
area for allocating Boat-Based Whale and Dolphin Watching (BBWW)
permits. In keeping with the maximum number of permits earmarked for
each of the BBWW areas set out in Government Notice No. 32457 of 31
July 2009, only one permit was issued for the Struisbaai/Arniston area
on 24 June 2011.
(2) A BBWW permit was allocated to a company called Ikhula Enterprise
(not Ihulu Enterprise) in the Struisbaai/Arniston designated area. The
permit was issued to Ikhula Enterprise since it obtained the highest
scores (of four applicants for the area) during the adjudication of
applications for permits in the BBWW sector that was launched on 14
August 2009 and concluded (after consideration of appeals) on 24 June
2011.
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