The same laws and regulations in the Western Cape apply in the Eastern Cape, as well as the Northern Cape and North West (they were all originally part of the Cape Province) - the NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ORDINANCE NO. 19 OF 1974
All tarantulas, baboon spiders, etc are classified as "wild animals" and such are not domestic animals or pets. This also means that you also require a permit to keep flies, ticks and stink bugs!
Definition
(lxxiii) “wild animal” means any live vertebrate or invertebrate animal (the egg or spawn of any such animal but excluding any ostrich used for farming purposes and the egg thereof) belonging to a non-domestic species and includes any such animal which is kept or has been born in captivity.
Prohibition on keeping of wild animals in captivity.
31.(1) No person shall without a permit authorising him to do so, keep any wild animal in captivity; provided that in the case of a wild animal which is a bird, the provisions of this section shall only apply in respect of a bird which is an endangered or protected wild animal.
Miscellaneous offences in relation to certain wild animals.
44.(1) Subject to the provisions of this ordinance, no person shall without a permit authorising him to do so—
(a) import into, export from or transport in or through the Province any wild animal;
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