The DA revealed on Tuesday that SAN Parks management had in a year only filled five of the vacant 87 ranger posts at Kruger National Park. This was revealed in response to a DA parliamentary question last month, which followed on from an answer received last year.
In the previous answer in March 2022, it was exposed that 87 posts were vacant and that there were no immediate plans to fill them. The DA’s Shadow Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Dave Bryant MP, pointed out that they had been saying for years that filling these posts would help to contribute significantly towards fighting the rampant poaching of wildlife, in particular endangered wild rhino. He commented: “It is now essential that more funding be prioritized towards filling the remaining 82 vacant ranger posts as a matter of urgency, to assist in the ongoing fight against rampant rhino poaching and the associated criminal syndicates. There can be no excuse for not filling these critical positions. The ANC government cannot continue to leave these positions vacant while South Africa’s remaining wild rhinos are butchered and their body parts shipped off to China.” The DA called on Minister Barbara Creecy to ensure that funding was made available to fill the remaining 82 ranger posts at Kruger National Park.
- Read the DA’s press statement in this regard at DA News
- Lees ook, Slegs vyf van vakante poste by Krugerwildtuin gevul, by Maroela Media
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