Extension of the period for establishment of the ministerial task team to identify and recommend voluntary exit options and pathways for the captive lion industry

MEDIA STATEMENT

14 JUNE 2023

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Dallas Creecy, established the Ministerial Task Team to identify and recommend voluntary exit options and pathways for the captive lion industry (the Ministerial Task Team), in terms of section 3A of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998), by notice in the Government Gazette (Government Notice No. 2846, Government Gazette No. 47666 of 7 December 2022).

The period for establishment of the Ministerial Task Team is due to expire on 30 June 2023. The Minister, hereby, gives notice of her extension of the period for establishment of the Ministerial Task Team by a further period of 6 months from 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023, as published in the Government Gazette (Government Notice No. 3536, Government Gazette No. 48783 of 13 June 2023).  The extension is intended to give the Ministerial Task Team sufficient time to conclude outstanding work which includes, amongst others, finalisation of stakeholder consultations, determination of funding mechanisms, and report compilation. 

The Terms of Reference for the Ministerial Task Team are as contained in Government Notice No. 2846, Government Gazette No. 47666 of 7 December 2022.

A copy of the extension notice can be accessed from the following website: https://www.dffe.gov.za/sites/default/files/gazetted_notices/nema.nemba_ministerialtaskteam_captivelionindustry__g48783gon3536.pdf

For queries, please contact Peter Mbelengwa on 082 611 8197

ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT