Report of the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs on Exclusion of Land from Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, dated 21 August 2002:

The Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs, having considered a request for approval by Parliament of the exclusion of two portions of land from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, referred to it, recommends that the Council approve the following:

The exclusion from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, in terms of section 2(3) of the National Parks Act, 1976 (Act No 57 of 1976), of the land described as -

(a) the area CDEFGC (portion 1 of farm 643) San Erfenisgronde in the Surveyor-General Diagram No. SG253/2002, in extent 30 134,7803 ha, situated in the administrative district of Mier NCO81, province of the Northern Cape; and

(b) the area ABCGA (portion 2 of farm 643) Mier Erfenisgronde in the Surveyor-General Diagram No. SG254/2002, in extent 27 769,2969 ha, situated in the administrative district of Mier NCO81, province of the Northern Cape,

for handing back to the Department of Public Works, upon which the Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs will issue the title for transfer to the +Khomani San and Mier communities, as specified in the Ae! Kalahari Heritage Park Agreement.

Report to be considered.