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  • 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.

    519 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.

    576 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.

    576 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.

    637 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.

    655 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.

    830 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'.

    839 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.

    943 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.

    1021 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.

    1026 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.

    1027 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.

    1068 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.

    1079 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.

    1080 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.

    1080 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    Kruger park to assist with funeral arrangements after toddler killed by leopards

    On Wednesday night, a staff member’s two-year-old boy was attacked by the animals while walking near the Malelane gate.

    1080 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    Toddler (2) mauled to death by leopard at Kruger National Park

    'Rangers then went in search of the offending animal and destroyed it to avoid further attacks. As it seems, they have lost their fear of humans,' said a park spokesperson.

    1081 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Former SANParks ranger arrested for rhino poaching

    Another person was arrested along with the former corporal during an anti-poaching operation on Wednesday.

    1115 days ago
  • An elephant at the Kruger National Park. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/EWN

    Rhino poacher crushed by elephant, devoured by lions in Kruger National Park

    South African rangers have recovered the skull of the man in the vast Kruger sanctuary, which has born the brunt of much of the country's poaching crisis.

    1140 days ago
  • A hunting rifle seized during the arrest of four men by SANParks officials at Kruger National Park on 16 February. Picture: SAPS.

    Four arrested at Kruger National Park for alleged poaching to appear in court

    A SANParks employee was one of the four men arrested while trying to get away with a freshly cut set of rhino horns, a hunting rifle and ammunition.

    1190 days ago
  • Officials arrested four men, aged between 47 and 23, for alleged rhino horn poaching, among other things, on 16 February 2019. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    SANParks employee, others arrested for alleged poaching at Kruger National Park

    Four men were arrested after trying to escape the Kruger National Park in possession of a freshly cut set of rhino horns, a hunting rifle and ammunition.

    1190 days ago
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