Original Article published in the Cape Times
24 April 2006
The
future of South Africa's
first regional environmental court hangs in the balance as justice minister
Brigitte Mabandla considers a proposal to close it down.
According
to regional head of justice in the Western Cape, Hishaam Mohamed, the proposal
submitted to the Minister of Justice is one of six made by a task team set up
to investigate the "green court". Sources indicate that the current
justice ministry does not favour specialist courts.
The
environmental court, established in Hermanus three years ago, had an 85 percent
conviction rate last year and has put some of the key "middlemen" in
marine poaching syndicates behind bars.
If
the environmental court closes down, environmental cases are likely to revert
to being heard by lower district courts where there are no specialist
prosecutors and where environmental cases historically have had a low
conviction rate.
Environment
affairs and tourism director-general. Pam Yako, praised the Hermanus green
court at an environmental law enforcement conference in Durban in February, and stated that her
department was keen to "continue the success" of the court. South Africa
has lost an estimated R3-billion to marine poaching in the last few years.
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