Kindly be advised that the media briefing below has been cancelled.
Edna Molewa, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs will on Thursday, 21 July 2011 brief the media on the increasing incidents of rhino poaching and measures taken to address this scourge.
The rhino population in South Africa was on the brink of extinction in the early 1960’s. At the end of 2007 South Africa conserved 35% of Africa’s black rhino in the wild and 93% of the continent’s white rhino. But the successes are overshadowed by the Illegal wildlife trafficking, which is worth billions annually and is considered to be the third most lucrative criminal trade in the world, ranking closely behind drugs and human trafficking and leading the arms smuggling trade.
Minister Molewa will be joined by Dr David Mabunda, Chief Executive Officer of South African National Parks (SANParks).
Pretoria (The Minister will be in Pretoria)
Details are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 21 July 2011
Venue: Room 153, Union Buildings, Pretoria
Time: 10h00
There will be a video link to the Imbizo Media Centre in Parliament, Cape Town.
RSVP:
Ernest Mulibana
Tel: 012 395 1770
E-mail: EMulibana@environment.gov.za
Lucky Sindane
Tel: 012 310 3198
E-mail: LSindane@environment.gov.za
Enquiries:
Albi Modise
Cell: 083 490 2871
