Question NW1433 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
04 June 2021 - NW1433
Bryant, Mr D W to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Whether she will furnish Mr D W Bryant with the information relating to the latest issued and audited annual financial reports indicating the financial performance of each (a) national park, (b) regional office business unit and (c) national corporate business unit of the SA National Parks (SANParks) in terms of income, (ii) operating and capital expenditure and (iii) staffing number of staff; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
a)(b)(c)
The SANParks 2020/21 financial statements are not available because they are in the process of being audited. The only available audited information is from the 2019/20 financial year, on page 191 of the SANParks 2019/20 Annual report.
The attached Excel document (Annexure A) provides a breakdown of the Audited 2019/20 Annual Financial reports indicating financial performance of each National Park, Regional Office and National Corporate Business Unit (Head Once) in terms of:
(i) income;
(ii) operating and capital expenditure; and
(iii) the number of staff in each National Park and Regional Office is provided in the table below.
|
PARK NAME |
TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT |
Grand Total |
|||||
|
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT |
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT |
INTERSHIP PROGRAM |
LEARNERSHIP PROGRAM |
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|
Addo Elephant National Park |
162 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
174 |
||
|
Agulhas National Park |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
||
|
Augrabies National Park |
37 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
||
|
Biodiversity and Special Projects |
0 |
1419 |
2 |
0 |
1421 |
||
|
Bontebok National Park |
17 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
21 |
||
|
Camdeboo National Park |
29 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
34 |
||
|
Cape Town Office |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
||
|
Golden Gate Highlands National Park |
196 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
199 |
||
|
Groenkloof National Park |
Head Office |
273 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
293 |
|
|
Karoo National Park |
45 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
48 |
||
|
Kgaiagadi National Park |
118 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
126 |
||
|
Kimberly Game Capture Office |
28 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
||
|
Knysna National Park |
65 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
66 |
||
|
Kn/sna Regional Office |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
||
|
Kruger National Park |
2258 |
167 |
2 |
0 |
2427 |
||
|
Mapungubwe National Park |
82 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
83 |
||
|
Marakele National Park |
60 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
62 |
||
|
Meerkat National Park |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
||
|
Mokala National Park |
48 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
||
|
Mountain Zebra National Park |
34 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
39 |
||
|
Namaqua National Park |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
||
|
Port Elizabeth Regional Office |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
||
|
Richterveld National Park |
33 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
||
|
Rondevlei Research Office |
19 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
||
|
Table Mountain National Park |
209 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
218 |
||
|
Tankwa Karoo National Park |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
||
|
Tsitsikamma National Park |
130 |
27 |
1 |
2 |
160 |
||
|
Up |
ington Regional Office |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
|
West Coast National Park |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
||
|
Wilderness National Park |
82 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
83 |
||
|
Grand Total |
4057 |
1681 |
14 |
22 |
5774 |
Regards
MS B D CREECY, MP
MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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