Media Release: South Africa completes ratification of the Benguela current convention
The Benguela Current Convention is a formal agreement, between the three governments of South Africa, Angola and Namibia, that seeks to promote a coor...
Trail buffet
Race organisers, Hano and Sonja Otto, from TriSport, with decades of experience between them in race organisation, proudly boast this as their flagshi...
Marakele National Park commemorates World Rangers Day
The first World Ranger Day was celebrated in 2007 and is promoted by the 54 member associations of the International Ranger Federation (IRF). Rangers ...
Media Release: Publication of amended Alien & Invasive Species Regulations
The Minister of Environmental Affairs Mrs Edna Molewa revealed that the Department has budgeted R200 million over the next three years to build up its...
Media Release: Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Ms Barbara Thomson, Unveils Ranger Monument at Kruger National Park
The Monument acknowledges the contribution of past, present and future rangers to conservation in South Africa, and the world. The event marked the se...
Media Release: World Ranger Day celebrated at Addo Elephant National Park
World Ranger Day is observed on the 31st of July each year. It is the day to commemorate the many rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and to...
Committed to conservation
The campaign day (International Rangers Day) is observed annually to remember rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and also celebrates the wo...
Media Release: Supporting our rangers who protect our rhino
This year the occasion was that much more special as a Rangers Monument was unveiled outside of Kruger Gate in the Kruger National Park. The imposing ...
Media Release: Wilderness section of the GRNP changes booking system to allocation method
The change emanates from complaints from guests and a survey was conducted. The majority showed preference for the allocation system in use in many ot...
Media Release: Bird Island Marine Protected Area celebrates ten years
The Bird Island MPA was officially proclaimed by former Minister of Environmental Affairs, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, in the Government Gazette on 4 Jun...
Media Release: Addo Elephant Trail Run 2015
Designed to test trail runners both mentally and physically, the trail tracks the mountains and valleys of the park. Runners are challenged to run pri...
Bookings open for Punda Mania Team Birding Event 2014
Birders will visit areas not accessible to the general public and experience the unique bird habitats of Punda Maria and the Pafuri area. However, reg...
Media Release: Rhino carcass discovered in Mapungubwe National Park
According to SANParks Acting Head of Communications, Reynold Thakhuli, this is the first reported rhino poaching incident in the Mapungubwe National P...
Address by SANParks Chairperson, Mr Kuseni Dlamini to the media
First of all, we are a public entity and accountable to the South African public. Based on that fact we have always been upfront in taking the public ...
Media Release: SANParks congratulates Magistrate Msibi for sentencing
Mandla Chauke was arrested in the Kruger National Park (KNP) in 2011 after he had killed three rhino calves. The Acting Chief Executive Officer of SAN...