(1) Whether, with reference to the Bayview Wind Farm in the Eastern Cape, (a) the Addo Elephant National Park was consulted when the decision to establish the windfarm was made and (b) any appeals were received regarding the establishment of the windfarm; if not, what is the position in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case;
(2) what are the reasons that permission was granted for erecting the turbines closer to the Addo
National Park than was permitted (details furnished);
(3) whether the buffer zone of 20km as prescribed by experts was taken into consideration; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) with reference to SANParks' recent request that all visitors switch off their car engines when watching elephants due to the disturbance to elephant communication, were (a) SANParks and
(b) the Addo Elephant National Park consulted regarding the decision made by the department; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(5) whether her department has taken into account the impact that the wind turbines have with regard to (a) the effect of the infrasonic noise on the elephants and other animals on their communication with one another when it masks their vocalisation and they cannot communicate with calves, families or extract social information out of the vocalisation and (b) birds flying into them; if not, why not in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in eachcase? of medical files; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?