Whether, with reference to her reply to question 1413 on 19 May 2023, she will furnish Ms H S Winkler with (a) the case numbers and details of all the criminal proceedings taken against the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality by her department and (b) the details of the outcomes of the criminal proceedings; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

What are the relevant details of the relief that has been offered to small-scale fisherman in KwaZulu-Natal, in particular the South Coast informal, who are being abused daily because of the lack of fishing permits?

1) Whether, in view of the death of two South African cheetah that were exported from the Republic to India in the past two months as part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) undertaken between India and the Republic and the fact that the non-detriment findings for cheetah has not yet been tabled for public participation, she will be halting the export of any further cheetah to india under MOU; if not, why not; if so, 2) Whether her department intends to undertake any policy review to address an inclusion of a welfare mandate for wildlife that falls under its auspices; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

What collaborative efforts has she initiated in collaboration with the Department of Small Business Development to assist small-scale fisher along the coastal line, especially in the vicinity of small harbours, who rely on their daily catches to feed their families?

Where are her department’s air quality monitoring stations located in the (i) eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and (ii) Msunduzi Local Municipality, (b) under whose jurisdiction do the air quality monitoring stations fall, (c) where is the data from the air quality monitoring stations (i) accessible and (ii) published in each case?

(1) Whether, with reference to the press release of her department on 25 February 2022, wherein it was stated that income generated by trophy hunting is especially critical for marginalised and impoverished rural communities, whereas it is given that almost all hunting in the Republic takes place on private land and on poorly managed provincial reserves, her department has studied the benefits of hunting to rural communities; if not, (a) why not and (b) what evidence does her department have to support the assertion that income generated by trophy hunting is especially critical for marginalised and impoverished rural communities; if so, what are the relevant details of such studies; (2) what are the details of benefits that were received from trophy hunting by marginalised and impoverished rural communities in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020?

With regard to press release of her department on 25 February 2022, wherein it was stated that income generated by trophy hunting is especially critical for marginalised and impoverished rural communities, whereas it is given that almost all hunting in the Republic takes place on private land and/or poorly managed provincial reserves, (a) how does regulated and sustained hunting incentivise communities to conserve valuable wildlife species when hunting rarely takes place on communal land and (b) what are the details of a supporting reference and/or studies for the figure of R1,4 billion which the press release claims the hunting sector conservatively contributed to the economy in 2019?

Noting that the export quota for 2022 has been set at 150 elephants and that, according to the press statement of her department of 25 February 2020, only a very small portion of the overall elephant population is hunted in a year, what (a) are the reason that a hunting quota of 150 elephants has been set, (b) number of elephants were hunted nationally in the (i) 2018, (ii) 2019 and (iii) 2020 calendar years and (c) number of elephants were destroyed nationally as Damage Causing Animals in each of the specified years?

What (a) total number of parties (i) attended and (ii) participated at the SA National Parks Tourism Conference held on 31 March 2022, (b) are the names and relevant details of the participants in each instance, (c) was the objective of the conference and (d) was achieved at the conference?

What are the details of all research and/or management programmes related to the elephant that are conducted by the SA National Parks (a) currently in progress and (b) planned and/or proposed for (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2024 in thee (aa) Kruger National Park and (bb) Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park and Conservation Area?