Environment Minister Edna Molewa said the move by Chad and Gabon threatens South Africa’s lucrative market in the trophy hunting of  elephant and the sale of hides, hair and meat.

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The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species is debating a proposal that elephants in all African states to placed on CITES appendix 1 which would ban all trade in wild elephants.

Elephants in central, east and west Africa are already afforded this protection.

Southern elephants, however appear on CITES appendix which allows controlled hunting and sale of body parts excluding ivory.

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She says South Africa has an elephant population of 18 800, most of which live in Kruger National Park where their number have increase by 4,2% this past generation.

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