Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10507 dated 02 February 1998 4 No. 2694 PROVINCIAL GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, 23 MARCH 2016 PROVINCIAL NOTICES • PROVINSIALE KENNISGEWINGS PROVINCIAL NOTICE 31 OF 2016 31 The Limpopo Environmental Management Act (7/2003): Open Season to Hunt Game: Section 32 (1) of the Act 2694 LIMPOPO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT & TOURISM OPEN SEASON TO HUNT GAME: SECTION 32 (I)OF THE LIMPOPO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 2003 (ACT No. 7 OF 2003) Under Section 32 (1) of the Limpopo Environmental Management Act 2003 (Act No. 7 of 2003), I Seaparo Sekoati, Member of the Executive Council, hereby declare as follows: That the periods mentioned in the first column in the Schedules hereto shall be open seasons during which time the persons referred to in the heading may, subject to the provisions of the Act, hunt the species of; 1.Game referred to in the second column in the affected Magisterial Districts referred to in the third column, excluding the Magisterial Districts referred to in the fourth column and the farms and areas referred to in Annexure 1 of the Schedule, and Birds which are Game referred to in the second column with the bag limits per hunter per day referred to in the third column, excluding the Magisterial Districts referred to in the fourth column and the farms and areas referred to in Annexure 1 of the Schedule. 3. Game referred to in Column 1 of Schedule 4. 4.This proclamation comes into effect on the date of publication and remains valid until such time that it is re- evaluated, amended and proclaimed again. Signed at Polokwane on this6$\ day of Kitt( I, 20'So The Honourable MR S , APARO SEKOATI MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HEAD OFFICE 20 Hans Van Rensburg Street / 19 Biccard Street, Polokwane, 0700, Private Bag X 9484, Polokwane, 0700 (Switchboard) Tel: +2715 293 8300 Website: www.ledet.gov.za The heartland of southern Africa - development is about people! This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10507 dated 02 February 1998 PROVINSIALE KOERANT, BUITENGEWOON, 23 MAART 2016 No. 2694 5 SCHEDULE 1 HUNTING OF GAME: MAMMALS 1. Persons who hunt on land of which they are the owners COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 SPECIES PERIOD CLOSED DISTRICTS CLOSED FARMS Chacma Baboon The open season is from NONE FARMS AND AREAS [Paolo hamadryas ursinus] 01 May of a given year to SPECIFIED IN Vervet Monkey 30 April the following ANNEXURE 1 [Chlorocebus pygerythrus] year. Caracal [Caracal caracal] Scrub Hare [Lepus saxatilis] Cape Hare [Lepus capensis] Kudu [Tragelaphus strepsiceros] Impala [Aepyceros melampus] Bushbuck The open season is from All plots in Mokopane, FARMS AND AREAS [Tragelaphus scriptus] 01 May of a given year to Letaba, Polokwane and SPECIFIED IN Common duiker [Grey duiker] 31 July the same year. Blouberg Municipal areas ANNEXURE 1 [Sylvicapra grimmig] Blue Wildebeest The open season is from All plots in Mokopane, FARMS AND AREAS [Connochaetes taurinus] 01 May of a given year to Letaba, Polokwane and SPECIFIED IN Waterbuck 30 April the following Blouberg Municipal areas ANNEXURE 1 [Kobus ellipsiprymnus] year. SCHEDULE 2 HUNTING OF GAME: MAMMALS 1. Persons who hunt on land of which they are not the owners COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 SPECIES HUNTING SEASON CLOSED DISTRICTS CLOSED FARMS This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10507 dated 02 February 1998 6 No. 2694 PROVINCIAL GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, 23 MARCH 2016 Scrub Hare The open season is from NONE FARMS AND AREAS [Lepus saxatilis] 01 May of a given year to SPECIFIED IN 31 July of the same year. ANNEXURE 1. Cape Hare [Lepus capensis] Common Duiker [Grey] [Sylvicapra grimmia] Kudu [tragelaphus strepsiceros] Impala [Aepyceros melampus] Bushbuck The open season is from All plots in the FARMS AND AREAS [Tragelaphus scriptus] 01 May of a given year to Mokopane, Letaba and SPECIFIED IN 31 July of the same year. Capricorn districts ANNEXURE 1 Chacma Baboon The open season is from NONE FARMS AND AREAS [Papio hamadryas ursinus] 01 May of a given year to SPECIFIED IN 30 April the following ANNEXURE 1 Vervet monkey year. [Chlorocebus pygerythrus) Blue Wildebeest The open season is from All plots in the Letaba FARMS AND AREAS [Connochaetes taurinus) 01 May of a given year toand Polokwane district. SPECIFIED IN 31 July of the same year. ANNEXURE 1 Waterbuck [Kobus ellipsiprymnus] SCHEDULE 3 HUNTING OF GAME: BIRDS 1. Persons who hunt on land of which they are the owners. 2. Persons who hunt on land of which they are not the owners. COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 SPECIES HUNTING SEASON BAG LIMIT CLOSED CLOSED FARMS DISTRICTS TERESTRIAL BIRDS Helmeted guinea fowl The open season is from 01 10 per day NONE FARMS AND (Numida meleagris) May of a given year to 30 AREAS September of the same year. SPECIFIED IN ANNEXURE 1. This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10507 dated 02 February 1998 PROVINSIALE KOERANT, BUITENGEWOON, 23 MAART 2016 No. 2694 7 Francolin, Crested The open season is from 01 6 per day NONE FARMS AND (Francolinus sephaena) May of a given year to 30 AREAS September of the same year. SPECIFIED IN ANNEXURE 1. Francolin, Shelley's The open season is from 01 2 per day NONE ALL FARMS (Francolinus shelleyi) May of a given year to 30 AND AREAS September of the same year. SPECIFIED IN ANNXURE 1 Francolin, Natal The open season is from 01 6 per day NONE FARMS AND (Francolinus natalensis) May of a given year to 30 AREAS September of the same year. SPECIIED IN ANNEXURE 1 Francolin, Swanson's The open season is from 15 8 per day NONE FARMS AND (Pternistis swainsoni) June of a given year to 30 AREAS September of the same year. SPECIFIED IN ANN EXURE 1 Rock pigeon The open season is from 01 50 per day NONE FARMS AND (Columba guinea) May of a given year to 30 AREAS April of the following year. SPECIFIED IN ANNEXURE 1 Dove, Red -eyed turtle The open season is from 01 50 per day NONE FARMS AND (Streptopelia semitorquata) May of a given year to 30 AREAS April of the following year. SPECIFIED IN ANNEXURE 1 HUNTING OF WATERFOWL I -BIRDS COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 4 SPECIES HUNTING SEASON BAG LIMIT CLOSED CLOSED FARMS DISTRICTS Duck, White faced whistling The open season is from 01 6 per day NONE FARMS AND (Dendrocygna viduata) May of a given year to 31 AREAS Goose, Egyptian July of the same year. SPECIFIED IN (Alpochen aegyptiacus) ANNEXURE i Duck, Yellow billed The open season is from 01 4 per day NONE FARMS AND (Anas undulate) May of a given year to 31 AREAS Red -billed teal July of the same year. SPECIFIED IN (Anas erythrorhyncha) ANNEXURE i Goose Spur- winged (Plectropterus gambensis) This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10507 dated 02 February 1998 8 No. 2694 PROVINCIAL GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, 23 MARCH 2016 SCHEDULE 4 HUNTING OF GAME: MAMMALS ON PROVINCIAL NATURE RESERVES 1. Persons who hunt on Provincial Nature Reserves of which they are not the owners COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 SPECIES PERIOD NONE PROVINCIAL NATURE RESERVE Buffalo The open season is from NONE ONLY ON SPECIFIED [Syncerus coffer] 01 April of a given year to PROVINCIAL NATURE 30 September of the same RESERVES IN Blue Wildebeest year. ANNEXURE 2 [Connochaetes taurinos] Kudu [tragelaphus strepsiceros] Impala [Aepyceros melampus] Burchell' Zebra The open season is from NONE ONLY ON SPECIFIED [Equus burchelli] 01 April of a given year to PROVINCIAL NATURE 30 September of the same RESERVES IN Giraffe year. ANNEXURE 2 [Giraffa camelopardalis] Gemsbuck [Oryx gazelle] Eland The open season is from NONE ONLY ON SPECIFIED [Tragelaphus oryx] 01 April of a given year to PROVINCIAL NATURE 30 September of the same RESERVES IN Waterbuck year. ANNEXURE 2 [Kobus ellipsiprymnus] Red Hartebeest [Alcelaphus buselaphus] The farms that make out the Provincial Nature Reserve are listed in Annexure 2 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10507 dated 02 February 1998 PROVINSIALE KOERANT, BUITENGEWOON, 23 MAART 2016 No. 2694 9 ANNEXURE 1 CLOSED FARMS LEPHALALE: Baviaanshoek 599 LCl, as well as all grounds from the veterinary fence to the middle of the Limpopo River on the Botswana /South Africa border. LETABA: Deeside 733 LT Gunyula 730 LT, Henley 734 LT, Mamotsapi 728 LT, Matome 735 LT, California plots, Lushof plots and Yamorna plots, Carpedien 76 KT, Dusseldorp 22 KT, Paris 88 KT, and Schelem 41 KT. MUSINA: Bellevue 534 MS, excluding portions 5, 6, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23; Boulogne 61 MT excluding the portion owned by Dr J P Van zyl; Cassel 206 MS, 8 ,9,12, 14, 16, 18, 19,20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31 and 32; the two plots of the farm Esmefour 29 MT owned by MrH Maartens, Fontainebleau 537 MS, excluding portions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16; Havre 60 MT and the portion of Riedel 48 MS owned by Limpopo Diamonds [PTY] Ltd; Scot 567 MS, the portion owned by Mr T Erasmus, Tovey 154 MS, the remaining extent and portions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, and 13; Tshipise 105 MT excluding portions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37; vera 815 M, excluding portions 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, and 92; Vryheid 8 MT , portions 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13; Weipe 47 MS portions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Erasmus 529 MS, portion 1078 and Pretorius 531 MS, portion 1072 owned by the Provincial administration and the schoolgrounds of Mopane primary school, as well as the grounds north of the security fence to the middle of the Limpopo River on the Zimbabwe border.