Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy’s emphatic veto on the commercial sale of lion meat, stating in answer to an oral parliamentary question by the DA, that she had engaged the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, on her recommendation. Minister Didiza gazetted the proposed amendment to the Meat Safety Act 2000 (MSA) earlier this year which would have allowed for the … [Read more...] about Minister Creecy rejects commercial sale of lion meat
Hannah Shameema Winkler
Didiza’s attempt to legalise the consumption of wild animals is unfathomable
Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) has submitted several parliamentary questions to the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, requesting clarity on whether existing conservation legislation such as the regulations on Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS) will still apply to wildlife species that are commercially-bred or that have been re-classified as “livestock”. We have also submitted a question to Minister Didiza on her motivation to add … [Read more...] about Didiza’s attempt to legalise the consumption of wild animals is unfathomable
Save the subsistence fishing community
Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), Barbara Creecy, requesting an immediate amendment to the Covid-19 lockdown fishing regulations to lift the restriction placed on recreational fishing which will allow for subsistence or "own-consumption" fishers to feed their families. The DA has received hundreds of desperate pleas from subsistence fishers who are in possession of recreational fishing permits, but … [Read more...] about Save the subsistence fishing community
