RE – HANDOVER NOTES OF THE CABINET SUB COMMITTEE ON HUNTING BAN SOCIAL

DIALOGUE REPORT BY HON FRANS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN MINISTER OF LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (21/2/19) [FULL TEXT]

Salutations

1. It is my pleasure to officially handover a report of the Cabinet Sub

Committee on Hunting Ban Social Dialogue to His Excellency, the

President of the Republic of Botswana, Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe

Masisi.

2. I wish to highlight that the Ministry of Environment, Natural

Resources Conservation and Tourism, pursuant to Statutory Instrument no.

2 of 2014, took a decision to stop hunting of wildlife in all areas of

Botswana effective January 2014.

3. Your Excellency, the hunting ban has become a subject for discussion

in the country because of its apparent experience and observed

consequences, with two schools of thought on the debate;

. Proponents of the hunting ban postulate that it is a good and…