Ref: 02/1/5/2
MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 3115 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (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
QUESTION 3115
NW3639E
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 3115
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 31 NW3639E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14 October 2011
Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1)
With reference to her reply to question 2822 on 1 December 2010, on what date was each rhino
that was sold directly to a certain person (name furnished) removed from the park for delivery;
(2)
on what date was each of the rhinos sold to (a) a certain person (name furnished), (b) a certain
person (name also furnished), (c) a certain person (name also furnished) and (d) a certain person
(name also furnished) and reflected as having been delivered to the person mentioned in
paragraph (1);
(3)
whether she has found that these were the only rhinos that came into possession of the said
person during the period reflected in her reply; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4)
whether, with reference to her reply to question 2459 on 26 September 2011, measures have been
put in place to prevent the said person from obtaining rhinos through third parties who buy rhinos
directly from the Kruger National Park; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Dr J C Kloppers-Lourens (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 3115
NW3639E
3115. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
(1) Adult male, removed from the park on 24 June 2008.
Adult male, removed from the park on 21 May 2009
Adult female with heifer calf, three adult males, three young males, removed from the park on 11
June 2009.
Two adult females and two bull calves, two adult males, adult female and heifer calf, removed from
the park on 18 June 2009.
Adult female and heifer calf, adult female and bull calf, removed from the park on 23 June 2009.
Adult male removed from the park on 1 October 2009.
(2) (a) Adult female and bull calf, adult female and heifer calf, three adult males, one young male
removed from the park on 24 July 2009.
Two adult females and two bull calves, one adult female and heifer calf, two adult males, removed
from the park on 28 July 2009.
Two adult females and two heifer calves, removed from the park on 30 July 2009.
(b) Three adult males, three subadult males, removed from the park on 16 October 2008
(c) Four adult males, removed from the park on 29 July 2008
(d) Five young adult females, removed from the park on 8 July 2009.
(3) It is not possible for SANParks to be certain that the rhinos listed above were the only rhinos from
the Kruger National Park (KNP) that came into the possession of the said person. Rhino
translocations between members of the private sector are regulated by provincial conservation
authorities.
(4) SANParks has no measures to specifically prevent the said person from obtaining rhinos from third
parties that buy rhinos directly from the KNP because this is regulated by provincial conservation
authorities. SANParks has the following measures to prevent the sale of rhinos from the KNP to
persons that may be considered unsuitable to possess rhinos:

Prospective buyers must complete a questionnaire to stipulate the end destination where the
animals will be offloaded, indicating the suitability of the end destination, both from the ecological
and security points of view. The suitability of the destination is taken into consideration in allocating
rhinos to a prospective buyer.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 3115
NW3639E

The offer to purchase forms completed by a prospective buyer state: “SANParks shall be entitled
in its absolute discretion to accept or to reject this offer in whole or in part”.

The Conditions of Sale state: “SANParks shall have the right to withdraw all or some of the white
rhino from the bidding process at any time before a valid Sales Agreement in respect of all or any
of such rhino has been concluded”.
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 3115
NW3639E