The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, has noted the decision of the Constitutional Court on the application for leave to appeal the 2015 High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division order that set aside the moratorium on the domestic trade in rhino horn. The Constitutional Court yesterday, 5 April 2017, dismissed the application for leave to appeal.
The moratorium was implemented in terms of section 57(2) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) (NEMBA), and took effect on 13 February 2009.
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