Zimbabwe's National Parks Face Financial Crisis. (18 September, 1996)

Harare - Zimbabwe's Department of National Parks and Wildlife is facing a financial crisis and its operations may stop. The Department was awarded less than R5-million in this year's budget as it is supposed to be transformed into a commercial money-earning institution. But the government has not yet approved new tariffs. The Department had asked for nearly 10 times the amount.

Boreholes are not being repaired and anti-poaching operations have been scaled down. Environment Minister Chen Chimutengwende said he was involved in urgent talks with the Ministry of Finance. Independent Foreign Service. Courtesy of The Star .