Sanparks
SANParks aims to alleviate poverty in WC with community social legacy programme
SANParks has gifted a group of pensioners from Wilderness Heights on the Garden Route with food gardening tools and the relevant licences to fish.
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'Recovery will continue for years' - 1 year after devastating CT fires
On 18 April 2021, a devastating fire caused major destruction in parts of Cape Town, destroying historic buildings such as the Rhodes Memorial Restaurant and the University of Cape Town’s Jagger Library. It’s been exactly a year since then - this is how the recovery is looking. #CTFires
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A year after devastating Table Mountain fire, recovery expected to take years
On 18 April 2021, hundreds of firefighters and a range of emergency services flocked to parts of Table Mountain where an "out of control" fire was burning.
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SANParks concerned about number of rhinos being killed in Kruger National Park
This follows the release of a report last week by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment confirming that seven rhino had been killed in the park recently.
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Man arrested on Signal Hill for being in possession of dangerous weapon, drugs
The special group of rangers operates on Lions Head, Tafelberg Road, Signal Hill, and Table Mountain to ensure the safety of visitors, especially during the festive season.
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Rhino cow euthanised after being shot and mutilated: SANParks
SANParks said bullet wounds were visible in her head and foreleg and there were open wounds to her nasal cavity where her horn had been brutally hacked off.
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SANParks bracing for booking cancellations in wake of Omicron emergence
Omicron is believed to be behind the latest spike in coronavirus infections, especially in Gauteng.
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Addo Elephant Park ready to welcome visitors during free SANParks week
It's the 16th annual SANParks Week, and South Africans will have free access to the Addo, Table Mountain, Kruger and the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park.
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Kruger National Park's Lower Sabie filling station completely gutted after fire
Management at the Kruger National Park has confirmed that a filling station at the Lower Sabie camp has burnt down after it was struck by lightning on Sunday.
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CT authorities offer R10,000 reward for info on destructive April fire
The City of Cape Town's JP Smith said that the reward could be increased.
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April's Table Mountain fire did not start naturally, investigation finds
Independent investigator Rob Erasmus said that his probe found that the fire did not start naturally or accidentally.
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MY TAKE: Nothing could have prepared me for the Kruger National Park
Dominic Majola writes that the early morning sound of hyenas in the Kruger was a wake-up call that made it very real for her that humans are not the only ones occupying planet Earth.
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Restoration work continues on Table Mountain after fire - SANParks
Restoration work has concluded in some parts of the national park, which means some areas are ready to reopen.
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SANParks ranger getting counselling after attacked by cyclists in Newlands
The official at the Newlands picnic site was insulted, racially abused and pelted with stones after cyclists demanded entry to a cordoned-off section earlier this month.
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SANParks calls for attacks on rangers to end after CT incident
Earlier this month, an official at the Newlands picnic site was insulted, racially abused and stoned by cyclists demanded entry to a cordoned-off section.
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SANPArks board: We take sexual assault claims against CEO Mketeni seriously
The organisation confirmed on Tuesday that Fundisile Mketeni had been placed on special leave following recent claims.
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SANParks CEO takes special leave over sexual assault allegations
SANParks board chairperson, Joanne Yawitch, said that in line with SANParks' commitment to ethical conduct and the seriousness of the allegations, Mketeni has requested to take special leave until the matter has been resolved and the law has taken its course.
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Elephants 'trample' rhino poacher to death at Kruger National Park
Rangers on routine patrol spotted three poachers who ran into the elephant herd while trying to flee.
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Body of man (69) who disappeared while hiking at Silvermine found
A body was discovered floating in the Silvermine Dam earlier on Saturday.
