Africa Wild

The successful bidder will be required to review SANParks’ Legislative mandate, which includes the following aspects:-
 The principle of what type of organisation is envisioned that can effectively deliver on the mandate and the 5-year strategy. The mandate must provide for all that SANParks aims to be (i.e. vision and mission) and needs to do.
 Clear delineation of SANParks’ responsibility and legal right to work outside of the boundaries of national parks; including that of Environmental Management Inspectors.
Are Chapters 4 and 5 of the NEMA clear, or is it necessary to include such provisions in NEM: PAA?
 Ensuring that the mandate adequately provides for law enforcement, environmental crime and special/forensic investigations by SANParks.
 Ensuring that the mandate adequately provides for Cultural Heritage.
 Providing a business case for reclassification of SANParks as a Public Entity in terms of the PFMA (Public Entity 3A vs 3B, or even schedule 2) taking into account that SANParks’ mandate has not been reviewed since 1994.
 Determine the applicability of King IV code and principles to SANParks and to what extent.
 The funding of conservation mandate and government obligation towards the mandate
 The mandate review within but also beyond legislation.
 The meaning and application of the legal framework in terms of which the Minister is able to assign any other conservation related issue to SANParks.
 The limitations directly related to the scope of the mandate review and possible rectification or correction to ensure a comprehensive review (what are the key challenges and fundamentals in SANPaks mandate and the review thereof).
 The roles played by SANParks’ partnership towards effective delivery on SANParks’ mandate and possible enhancement thereof.
 Outlining risks and opportunities of retaining the status quo or changing the current mandate
 Provision of a mechanism for the implementation of SANParks Tourism and Socioeconomic Transformation Strategies
 Ensuring that SANParks mandate provides for the evolution of sustainability and unfunded aspects of its mandate, including the decision making framework of such aspects.
 The link as well as alignment between SANParks mandate and the Shareholder’s Agreement.