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MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 2278 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) 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. 2278
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 26 NW2650E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26 August 2011
Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) to ask the Minister of Water and
Environmental Affairs:
Whether her department intends to consult with the International Union for
Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) with regard to the
proposed 120-bed hotel in the Kruger National Park; if not, why not; if
so, what are the relevant details?
Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
2278. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
No. The responsibility of conceptualizing, planning, establishment and
management of all types of tourism facilities in national parks is the
responsibility of the Board of the South African National Parks (SANParks)
in terms of Section 57 of the National Environmental Management: Protected
Areas Act No 57 of 2003, as amended. There is neither an obligation nor
historical precedence of the national Department of Environmental Affairs
or its predecessors of consulting the IUCN on tourism development within
national parks. The IUCN, as an international NGO, does not interfere in
the national jurisdiction or internal affairs of its member countries. The
Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) is confident that the SANParks
Board will apply its responsibilities on the basis of available scientific
information to conceptualize, plan, establish and manage the proposed 120
room hotel in Kruger National Park in the same manner as it conceptualized,
planned and managed the Golden Gate hotel over the last 40 years.
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