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MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 2761 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Mr G R Morgan (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. 2761
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 29 NW3223E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 16 September 2011
Mr G R Morgan (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(a) In view of the current rate of poaching of (i) white and (ii) black
rhino, when is it expected that there will be a net decline in the rhino
population, (b) what is the (i) estimated number of (aa) white and (bb)
black rhino in South Africa and (ii) total number of (aa) white and (bb)
black rhinos in (aaa) State-run, protected areas and (bbb) on private
ranches?
Mr G R Morgan (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
2761. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
(a) (i) & (ii) At the current rate of poaching, the population will
not decline. The white rhino populationsâ birthrate (5%) exceeds the
poaching rate (approximately 2%) and therefore the population will not
decline in the immediate future. The black rhino populationsâ
birthrate is 4.8% and the poaching rate is 1% and therefore the
population will not decline in the immediate future. If poaching
continues to escalate in the manner it escalated from 2007 until 2011,
the populations will decline. It is not possible to say if or when
that will happen.
(b) (i) (aa) & (bb) Total population of approximately 20 000. (ii) Due
to security reasons the detailed information cannot be made available.
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