Annual Integrated Report 2014/2015
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ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2014/2015 1 KZN NATURE CONSERVATION SERVICES | ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2014/2015 2 KZN NATURE CONSERVATION SERVICES | ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2014/2015 CONTENTS PART 1: OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Features Approval of the Annual Integrated Report ....................................................................................................... 6 Scope and Boundary of this Report................................................................................................................. 6 Assurance........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Approval of the Annual Integrated Report ....................................................................................................... 7 Corporate Profile ............................................................................................................................................. 8 PART 2: EXECUTIVE REPORTS .................................................................................................................. 9 Message from the MEC ................................................................................................................................. 10 Board Chairman’s Report .............................................................................................................................. 12 Board and Independent Audit Committee Members ..................................................................................... 14 Chief Executive Officer’s Report.................................................................................................................... 18 PART 3: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES ........................................................................................ 25 A. CONSERVATION AND PARKS ....................................................................................................... 26 Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park ...................................................................................................................... 26 Maloti-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site ................................................................................... 28 Isimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Site ................................................................................ 50 Northern Parks Areas ........................................................................................................................ 52 Rhino Security Programme ................................................................................................................ 55 Scientific Services .............................................................................................................................. 60 B. PEOPLE AND CONSERVATION ..................................................................................................... 73 East Region ....................................................................................................................................... 73 West Region ...................................................................................................................................... 76 Community Conservation .................................................................................................................. 79 Game Capture ................................................................................................................................... 81 C. COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 84 D. HUMAN RESOURCES ...................................................................................................................... 88 E. INFRASTRUCTURE, PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECT ................................................................. 93 F. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 96 G. LEGAL SERVICES ............................................................................................................................. 97 F. COMMUNICATION SERVICES .......................................................................................................... 99 3 KZN NATURE CONSERVATION SERVICES | ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2014/2015 PART 4: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ................................................................................................... 103 Risk Management Report ................................................................................................................ 104 PART 5: PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 8 Report of the Auditor-General .......................................................................................................... 108 General Information ......................................................................................................................... 112 Accounting Authority’s Responsibilities and Approval .................................................................... 113 Audit and Risk Committee Report ................................................................................................... 114 Accounting Authority’s Report ......................................................................................................... 115 Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s Performance Against ............................................................................... 117 Pre-Determined Objectives 2014/15 Financial Year Statement of Financial Position ....................................................................................................... 127 Statement of Financial Performance ............................................................................................... 128 Statement of Changes in Net Assets ............................................................................................... 129 Cash Flow Statement ..................................................................................................................... 130 Accounting Policies ......................................................................................................................... 131 Notes to the Audited Annual Financial Statements ......................................................................... 138 Detailed Income statement ............................................................................................................. 153 Legislation Applicable to Ezemvelo ................................................................................................ 155 4 KZN NATURE CONSERVATION SERVICES | ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2014/2015 PPart 1 Over view 5 KZN NATURE CONSERVATION SERVICES | ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2014/2015 FFeatures Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (Ezemvelo) is an entity achieved by the organisation either entering into that derives its mandate from the KwaZulu-Natal partnerships or implementing programmes that Nature Conservation Management Act (Act No 9 enable job creation. These programmes are also of 1997). The entity is a Schedule 3C public entity aligned with further conservation efforts. in terms of the Public Management Act (Act No 1 of 1999), reporting to the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) • Community development has been high on Department of Economic Development, Tourism Ezemvelo’s agenda as conservation must and Environmental Affairs. The following are some create tangible benefits to people, especially important features of the entity: those residing in buffer zones, for example, adjacent to PAs. • Ezemvelo directs the management of nature conservation within the province, including • Management plans continue to be Protected Areas (PAs). This includes the implemented by Ezemvelo to stabilise key development and promotion of ecotourism species, many of which have been considered facilities within the PAs. vulnerable or were once on the brink of extinction. Examples of such species include • The organisation manages 114 PAs, of which vultures, white and black rhino, loggerhead 110 are terrestrial and four are coastal and turtles and wattled cranes. marine reserves. • Ezemvelo is entrusted with the responsibility • Ezemvelo is pioneering the debate for of managing the Maloti-Drakensberg Park legalising the sale of rhino horn as a means to World Heritage Site as well as performing curb poaching. conservation and ecotourism activities within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage • The first valuation of the holistic ecosystems Site. The organisation also manages a number goods and services offered in KZN was performed of Ramsar sites (wetlands of international by our Scientific Services Division in conjunction importance), such as Ndumo Game Reserve, with an independent Resource Economist in Kosi Bay and Lake Sibaya. 2011/12.This valuation is benchmarked against published scientific papers such as The value • Ezemvelo is considered to be one of the of the world’s ecosystem services and natural leading conservation authorities in South Africa capital. The valuation reveals an amount of by its peers. R149.7-billion per annum. Ezemvelo’s annual provincial budget allocation is 0.34% of the • The organisation is forging a distinctive identity value of ecosystems’ goods