Question NW980 to the Minister of Environmental Affairs

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20 April 2018 - NW980

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Gqada, Ms T to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

How much land does (a) her Department and (b) the entities reporting to her (i) own, (ii) have exclusive rights to and/or (iii) lease from the State to (aa) use and/or (bb) occupy?

Reply:

The Department of Environmental Affairs size of the land occupied is 3.1 hectares (ha).

(b) 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

(i) 6 397ha (for use as national botanical gardens)

(ii) 991ha (for use as part of national botanical gardens) and 85ha (for use by the National Zoological Garden)

(iii) Not applicable

(aa) 1 390 ha (to use and occupy as part of South Africa’s national botanical gardens) and 200 ha (to use and occupy as part of South Africa’s national botanical gardens).

(bb) 1 390ha (to use and occupy as part of South Africa’s national botanical gardens) 1 390 ha and 200 ha (to use and occupy as part of South Africa’s national botanical gardens).

2. South African Weather Services (SAWS)

  1. The South African Weather Service owns 59,29 hectares.
  2. Not applicable
  3. Not applicable

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

3. iSimangaliso Wetland Park

(i) Not applicable

(ii) 332 000ha, managed by iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority (appointed as a Management Authority in accordance with the proclamation in terms of the World Heritage Convention Act, 1999).

(iii) Not applicable

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

4. South Africa National Parks (SANParks)

(i) South African National Parks owns 3 721 192 hectares of Land.

(ii) SANParks have exclusive rights to 4 026 040ha of Land for use as National Parks/Conservation Purposes.

(iii) SANParks leases approximately 304 848ha of land.

(aa) The hectares of land mentioned above are used as National Parks for Conservation Purposes.

(bb) Not applicable

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