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Ref: 02/1/5/2
MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 63 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
A draft reply to Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) 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 COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 63
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 2 CW69E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 24 February 2012
Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Water and
Environmental Affairs:
Whether foreign nationals have been and/or are currently applying for
hunting permits in the country; if not, what is the position in this
regard; if so, how many hunting permits were issued to them in (a) 2010
and (b) 2011?
Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
63. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
No. International clients do not apply for hunting permit themselves. The
permits are applied on their behalf by the relevant outfitter.
|Province |(a) Hunting permit |(b) Hunting Permit |
| |issued 2010 |issued 2011 |
|Free State |Permits issued for |Permits issued for |
| |TOPS and Protected |TOPS and Protected |
| |species: 162 |species: 202 |
| |Issuance of hunting |Issuance of hunting |
| |licenses for plains |licenses for plains |
| |game (ordinary game ) |game (ordinary game) |
| |species: 314 |species: 308 |
| | | |
|Western Cape |2 |4 |
|KwaZulu-Natal |Not provided |Not provided |
|Gauteng |Not provided |Not provided |
|Mpumalanga |Not provided |Not provided |
|Limpopo |1243 |17 493 |
|Northern Cape |Permit issued for |Permit issued for |
| |TOPS: 59 |TOPS: 87 |
| |Permit issued for |Permit issued for |
| |CITES:864 |CITES:1396 |
|Eastern Cape |Not provided |Not provided |
Please note that it is not a given that for every permit issued, there is a
successhunt.
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