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    ‘Rhino Court’ will continue operating at Kruger National Park, says SANParks

    The court, which boasts a 100 % rhino poaching conviction rate, had not been operating for over a year due to a legal battle waged by the Mpumalanga Regional Court’s president, Naomi Engelbrecht, who sought to have it closed and its cases transferred to the Mhala Court.

    490 days ago
  • Several bridges are overflowing and closed due to continued heavy rains in the Kruger National Park. Picture: @SANParksKNP on Twitter.

    Kruger National Park counting cost of heavy rain, flooding in reserve

    Several roads and bridges in the nature reserve have been swamped and some of it's camps are still inaccessible.

    557 days ago
  • FILE: The Kruger National Park's Crocodile Bridge. Picture: @SANParksKNPTwitter.

    Several Kruger National Park roads, bridges damaged by floods

    Many provinces have been hit by heavy downpours for over a week now, with the weather service urging residents to be extremely cautious.

    558 days ago
  • Several bridges are overflowing and closed due to continued heavy rains in the Kruger National Park. Picture: @SANParksKNP on Twitter.

    Kruger Park on high alert as heavy rains trigger flooding, road closures

    Most parts of the country have in the last few days witnessed heavy rains with more predicted in the coming days.

    561 days ago
  • Storm water covers the low bridge outside Skukuza, over the Sabie River. Picture: SANParks.

    GALLERY: Storm Eloise batters Kruger National Park

    Parts of the Kruger National Park suffered damage after storm Eloise ripped through Mpumalanga and Limpopo from the weekend into Monday and Tuesday.

    566 days ago
  • Storm Eloise made landfall in Mozambique on Saturday, 23 January 2021. Picture: Gauteng Weather FB

    Tropical cyclone Eloise: Kruger National Park braces for impact

    Disaster management teams at the Kruger National Park are on high alert ahead of the landfall of the cyclone, which is predicted to hit the northern parts of the park in Limpopo.

    569 days ago
  • The Kruger National Park. Picture: @SANParksKNP/Twitter

    Body of missing field ranger found in Kruger National Park

    It is understood that Checkers Mashego went missing during a routine patrol along the southern parts of the park on 17 November.

    604 days ago
  • The Kruger National Park. Picture: @SANParksKNP/Twitter

    3 SANParks employees face charges after being found with rhino horns

    Two are security guards, while the other works with the technical services division at a rest camp.

    661 days ago
  • FILE: A bull rhino. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News

    3 Sanparks staff members arrested on suspicion of rhino poaching

    The two security guards and another worker from the technical services division were arrested earlier this week on Tuesday during an operation between Sanparks and police.

    661 days ago
  • FILE: Passengers making their way to check-in points at OR Tambo International Airport for the first time since restrictions were eased under level 3 regulations for business travel. Picture: Bonga Dlulane/EWN.

    OR Tambo International Airport braces for increased traffic

    There’s already increased air traffic this weekend, with many taking advantage of the further reopening of the tourism sector.

    722 days ago
  • FILE: An elephant crosses the road in Kruger National Park. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    SANParks announces phased reopening of national parks

    SANParks said that some parks like the Addo, Camdeboo and the Karoo National parks were scheduled to open their accommodation on 17 August while Mountain Zebra National Park would follow three days later.

    740 days ago
  • Kruger National Park temporarily closes roads, facilities due to heavy rains

    Various roads and camps around the Kruger National Park have been temporarily closed since Monday due to heavy rainfall in the area.

    915 days ago
  • Real-life Rafiki and Simba in the Kruger National Park

    A video of a baboon stealing a lion cub has been doing the rounds on social media. The incident was filmed by Kurt Schultz in the Kruger National Park and can be dubbed a real-life version of the 'Lion King'.

    924 days ago
  • Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Man found guilty of trying to poach rhinos in Kruger National Park

    Carlos Sithole opened fire on rangers in the park in 2015. Rangers returned fire and arrested him.

    1028 days ago
  • Illegal snares give Kruger Park rangers new headache

    Illegal snares are being placed all around the park to catch both large and small animals. The snares catch the animal, but can kill it very slowly and painfully.

    1106 days ago
  • Rangers stand in salute by a monument remembering rangers who lost their lives in the line of duty in the Kruger National Park. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    GALLERY: Remembering the fallen on World Ranger Day

    SANParks and the Kruger National Park commemorated World Ranger Day outside the park’s gate with Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Creecy in attendance to highlight the importance of rangers and remember the lives lost in the field.

    1111 days ago
  • Vets stumped by how Kruger National Park elephant contracted human TB

    In 2016, an elephant was found dead on the side of a road in Kruger National Park. It had died of tuberculosis. But what alarmed vets in the park was that the strain tested positive for human tuberculosis for the first time in South Africa. Since then, scientists at the park have been trying to figure out the implications of this case for the park's elephants.

    1112 days ago
  • SA Park Rangers removing the impala carcass from the Kruger National Park. Image: Lowvelder.co.za

    SANParks clarifies removal of impala carcass after leopard kill

    A video showing a group of men in the Kruger National Park loading a dead impala into their vehicle has caused an uproar in the wildlife community.

    1153 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    Funeral for toddler mauled by leopard at Kruger Park to be held tomorrow

    Courtney Ntimane, who was the child of a staff member, was attacked at Malelane technical services living quarters on Wednesday.

    1164 days ago
  • A lion and lioness. Picture: AFP.

    Measures in place to safely capture escaped Kruger Park lions - Dept

    The department was still in the process of arranging where the animals would be moved before they can be captured.

    1165 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    Watch out: 14 lions roaming around in Phalaborwa

    The department said the lions escaped from the Kruger National Park but SANParks said this could not be proven because there were other parks in the area.

    1165 days ago
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