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Explore the achievements and challenges of SANParks in the 2014/15 annual report, including financial performance, performance reporting framework, tourism growth, rhino poaching interventions, and audit issues.
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2014/15 Annual Performance Report and Financial Statement Mr Rajesh Mahabeer: Chief Financial Officer (SANParks)
Presentation Content • Vision and Mission • High Level Structure • Background • Performance Reporting Framework • 2014/15 Performance Reporting • 2014/15 Financial Performance • 2014/15 Audit Issues
SANParks Vision and Mission Vision A Sustainable National Park System Connecting Society. Mission To develop, expand, manage and promote a system of sustainable national parks that represents biodiversity and heritage assets, through innovation and best practice for the just and equitable benefit of current and future generations
Background - National Parks System • South Africa has approx. 550 and 48 terrestrial and costal protected areas respectively, and 232 conservation areas; • Collectively, terrestrial protected areas exceed 7,9 million ha (7.5% of the country), while the costal/marine protected areas comprise over 426,000 ha; • Nearly 4 million ha (50.6% of 3.4% of SA surface) of these (protected areas) are under SANParks management. Northern Cluster Arid Cluster Frontier Cluster G.Route Cluster Cape Cluster
Management & Tourism Infrastructure 138 8,790 • The biggest tourism product owner with more than 15,250 beds of which 6,787 beds are formal, and 8,643 are camping beds. • Our PPP concessions (normally 4-star and above) can accommodate more than 472 tourists. • KNP as the largest national park, accounts for 57% (8,790 beds) of the total accommodation. • There are plans to expand our tourism facilities by building Skukuza Conference Lodge (240 beds) and Malelane Safari Lodge (250 beds). • More than 6,500 building facilities, 12,360 km of road network and 3,250 km of fencing perimeter 760 718 416 664 160 16 308 222 99 425 232 2,306 14 112 60
Performance Reporting Framework This takes the following into consideration: • SANParks legislative mandate and other public obligations; • Government MTSF priorities such as the NDP; Govt. Outcome 10 and DEA strategic goals; and • Board corporate governance directives.
2014/15 Organisational Performance
SO2: Facilitating Socio-Economic Development People and Parks Infrastructure People and Parks Infrastructure Pictures
SO2: Facilitating Socio-Economic Development SANParks EPWP Programme Pictures
Tourism – Guest Profile 2014/15 • Total visitors to National Parks increased by 6.6% YoY to reach 5.58 million. • SA Citizens were 73.7%, while SADC and International guests stood at 2.0% and 24.3% respectively • Black SA visitors improved by 8.4% YoY to 506,273 (25.9% of domestic visitors)
Rhino Poaching in SANParks • Average annual growth of rhino mortality in KNP between year 2010 and 2014 was 82.5% • 36.5% (221) increase in total number of rhino deaths between 2013 and 2014 – amounting to 827 in 2014 alone • An average of 2.27 rhino died/killed per day in 2014 (from 1.70 per day in 2013)
Interventions relating to Rhino Poaching • Strategic Rhino Translocation Programme (moving from hotspots, sales) • Increase capacity (150 rangers recruited in the KNP in past 4 years) • Improve technological capacity (aerial support, testing UAV’s, canine unit) • Fundraising from external partners • Implementation of the Intensive Protection Zone (KNP-IPZ), additional deployment of resources • Signing of the international agreements (MOU’s) • Cross border cooperation with Mozambique authorities. Pictures
Cooperation with Stakeholders Pictures
SANParks Operating (Surplus)/Deficit Quarterly performance based on management accounts. Please note that both total income and expenses are a combination of both exchange and non-exchange transactions.
2014/15 Audit • SANParks obtained an unqualified audit opinion on its AFS for the 2014/15 financial year. • Two (2) of the strategic objectives as presented in the 2014/15 Annual Performance Plan, were qualified due to technical issues relating to recoding and validation rather than anything of a fundamental nature.