Cape Point Nature Run – Closures
Closures: Closure of Buffels Bay Picnic Site to general visitors from 13:00 on 8 November and reopening again at 11:00 on 9 November 2014. The camp si...
Carcass of a whale stranded in Knoetzie (Knysna)
“Burying the carcass will delay the decomposition process” according to Johan de Klerk, Area Manager of Knysna, SANParks. Two alternatives...
Media Release: Annual rate increase – Table Mountain National Park
TMNP Park Manager, Paddy Gordon explained that rate increases are comprehensively considered and take into account all stakeholders before an official...
Treating the cause and not the symptom: Swartvlei
The Eden District Municipality”s health division took 2 water samples at the Swartvlei mouth in the last 2 months. There was a count of 2419 whi...
Media Release: 54 Rhino Poaching Suspects Arrested in KNP in October
In the second operation, six suspects were arrested by the SANParks Environmental Crime Investigative Unit, with the support of the SAPS, in a follow ...
Balancing the conservation of nature with development
Water in the lake is managed partly to prevent it from “inundating adjacent low-lying residential areas.” The method used for this is R...
Media Release: SANCCOB & SANParks celebrate African penguins with festival and benefit auction
Hosted on APAD, the 13th Annual Penguin Festival was held at the picturesque Boulders Beach penguin colony in Simon”s Town and kicked off with a...
Media Release: DEA response to AfriForum petition
Afriforum, other stakeholders and partners as well as members of the public should be assured that rhino poaching is being given the necessary attenti...
Merrell Eden Duo comes to Wilderness, Garden Route National Park
This year”s event starts on Saturday, the 25th to the 27th of October 2014, at Ebb & Flow, Wilderness section of the Garden Route National ...
Media Release: KNP connecting to society at Riverside Mall
“The intention is to capture new prospects while maintaining existing relationships with current clients. An exhibition in particular is a metho...
Media Release: Five suspected poachers arrested
The five were arrested after two vehicles, suspected of being involved with rhino poaching activities in the KNP, were stopped and searched. A .375 hu...
Media Release: Kruger National Park Joint Operations net 14 rhino poaching suspects
In a joint operation with members of the South African Police Services (SAPS) on the morning of Friday, 17 October, SANParks Rangers stopped a suspici...
Speech by the Minister of Environmental Affairs at 35th Annual Crime Stoppers Int. Conference
“The rise of environmental crimes, its impact on economies and the eco-system and strides made in securing key agreements to curb illegal wildli...
Media Release: Churches ask for spiritual intervention in rhino poaching
“We came here to ask for God”s intervention in this war and to appreciate the Christians” efforts and contribution in the fight agai...
Mass clean up of the Khayalethu and Bongane rivers for Knysna estuary
The significance of this action is to ensure that ultimately less land-based pollution ends up in the Knysna estuary. The Bongani river is part of a c...