Title:

Al meer strikke in Etosha gestel

Author(s):
Publication Year:
2023
Abstract:

"Ons kan nie die mense verwyder nie; hulle is deel van die park. Ons moet net kyk hoe ons kan verseker dat hulle die reëls nakom. Dit is gemeenskappe wat al jare lank daar woon." So het Romeo Muyunda, die woordvoerder van die ministerie van die omgewing, bosbou en toerisme, oor die ongeveer 400 gemeenskapslede wat tans in die Etosha Nasionale Park woon, gesê. Die gemeenskappe woon daar omdat dit hulle voorvaderlike grond is. Dit volg nadat toeriste onlangs ’n springbok en 'n leeu met draadstrikke om hul nekke in die park afgeneem het.

"We cannot remove the people; they are part of the park. We just have to see how we can ensure that they follow the rules. These are communities that have lived there for years." So said Romeo Muyunda, the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Environment, Forestry and Tourism, about the approximately 400 community members currently living in the Etosha National Park. The communities live there because it is their ancestral land. This follows after tourists recently photographed a springbok and a lion with wire nooses around their necks in the park.

Series Title:
Republikein
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en

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