The compiler of a report submitted to the Nelson Mandela Bay council on the capture of local dolphins had very clearly been smoking something.
The part of the report dealing with the capture of the animals was headed “Recruitment of Dolphins from Local Waters”.
One presumes if that is the approach that is going to be adopted the process will need to follow the recruitment policies endorsed by the municipality and 50 per cent of the new animals will have to be female and two per cent disabled.
Those who are responsible for persuading the dolphins that a life in captivity is just what they need had therefore better be armed with the Employment Equity Act and targets set by the Metro!
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
New hope for PE's Bayworld?
There is possibly light at the end of the tunnel for Bayworld.
The complex in Port Elizabeth that needs a cash injection of R400 million for a new structure to house the dolphins has received an additional R5,3 million for operating costs and may receive funds from national government, Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture MEC Noxolo Ntantiso-Abrahams told the Bhisho Legislature today.
The MEC said that Bayworld had made a presentation to a meeting of minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan and other provincial MECs and would now present a business case to the national department for additional funding.
Just where Bayworld will get additional dolphins no one is saying, least of all the Bhisho committee that probed the situation at the facility mumbling darkly about an “unethical route” whatever that might be.
The complex in Port Elizabeth that needs a cash injection of R400 million for a new structure to house the dolphins has received an additional R5,3 million for operating costs and may receive funds from national government, Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture MEC Noxolo Ntantiso-Abrahams told the Bhisho Legislature today.
The MEC said that Bayworld had made a presentation to a meeting of minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan and other provincial MECs and would now present a business case to the national department for additional funding.
Just where Bayworld will get additional dolphins no one is saying, least of all the Bhisho committee that probed the situation at the facility mumbling darkly about an “unethical route” whatever that might be.
PE's Bayworld in stormy seas
Bayworld in Port Elizabeth needs R400 million for a new structure to house the dolphins according to a report from Bhisho’s Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture committee that was tabled in the Legislature today.
The report reveals that 600 000 people visited the complex last year including 50 000 pupils.
One of the major problems facing the institution, the report states, is that there are now only two dolphins and they cannot be allowed to breed so that if the facility is to survive as a tourist attraction money will have to be found for a new facility and for additional animals.
Currently the budget allocation for Bayworld from the province is less than R900 000 and represents 20 per cent of operational costs. There is also a shortage of skilled staff and only 67 posts out of 93 were filled at the end of last year.
Add to that the head of department appointed a committee including the senior manager: Museums and Heritage to drive the proposed re-development of the facility but he had “not been available to attend meetings nor has he advanced the required actions of the department in this regard”.
Full story in The Herald tomorrow.
The report reveals that 600 000 people visited the complex last year including 50 000 pupils.
One of the major problems facing the institution, the report states, is that there are now only two dolphins and they cannot be allowed to breed so that if the facility is to survive as a tourist attraction money will have to be found for a new facility and for additional animals.
Currently the budget allocation for Bayworld from the province is less than R900 000 and represents 20 per cent of operational costs. There is also a shortage of skilled staff and only 67 posts out of 93 were filled at the end of last year.
Add to that the head of department appointed a committee including the senior manager: Museums and Heritage to drive the proposed re-development of the facility but he had “not been available to attend meetings nor has he advanced the required actions of the department in this regard”.
Full story in The Herald tomorrow.
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