- Parks (A - Z)
- Addo Elephant National Park
- Agulhas National Park
- Augrabies Falls National Park
- Bontebok National Park
- Camdeboo National Park
- Garden Route (Tsitsikamma, Knysna, Wilderness) National Park
- Golden Gate Highlands National Park
- Karoo National Park
- Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
- Kruger National Park
- Mapungubwe National Park
- Marakele National Park
- Mokala National Park
- Mountain Zebra National Park
- Namaqua National Park
- Table Mountain National Park
- Tankwa Karoo National Park
- West Coast National Park
- |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
People and Conservation
Latest News
Media Release: Open Day clarifies Mountain Zebra - Camdeboo Corridor Project aims
Date: 2012-05-22
The Open Day held in Graaff-Reinet on 16 May to provide information about the Mountain Zebra - Camdeboo Corridor Project has clarified the aims and scope of the project for those who attended.
Media Release: Open Day clarifies Mountain Zebra - Camdeboo Corridor Project aims
Date: 2012-05-22
The Open Day held in Graaff-Reinet on 16 May to provide information about the Mountain Zebra - Camdeboo Corridor Project has clarified the aims and scope of the project for those who attended.
Media Release: KNP warns against false representation
Date: 2012-05-18
The Managing Executive of the Kruger National Park (KNP), Mr Abe Sibiya would like to warn members of the public, business community and staff members to be on the lookout for people who falsely and publicly claim to represent the KNP on various aspects of its business.
A bird's eye view of Table Mountain National Park
Date: 2012-05-18
SANParks recently entered into a partnership with FlyByEye , a company that provides aerial footage/views of extraordinary areas.
Media Release: SANParks mourns the death of a staff member at GRNP
Date: 2012-05-18
SANParks is saddened to announce that the receptionist at Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park was found dead in her staff room on Thursday 17 May 2012. She had moved into her staff room in the staff village the day before.
International Wildlife Management Congress (IWMC) comes to Africa
Date: 2012-05-14
The Wildlife Society (TWS) in partnership with Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa, South African National Parks (SANParks) and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, will host this prestigious congress at the Durban International Convention Centre, South Africa from 9 to 12 July 2012.
Do something different this winter in the SANParks Cape Region
Date: 2012-05-14
Winter in the Western Cape need not revolve solely around duvet days and the four walls of your house. The five South African National Parks in the Cape Region invite you to spend winter differently this year - out and about in nature.
Do something different this winter in the SANParks Cape Region
Date: 2012-05-14
Winter in the Western Cape need not revolve solely around duvet days and the four walls of your house. The five South African National Parks in the Cape Region invite you to spend winter differently this year - out and about in nature.
Do something different this winter in the SANParks Cape Region
Date: 2012-05-14
Winter in the Western Cape need not revolve solely around duvet days and the four walls of your house. The five South African National Parks in the Cape Region invite you to spend winter differently this year - out and about in nature.
Do something different this winter in the SANParks Cape Region
Date: 2012-05-14
Winter in the Western Cape need not revolve solely around duvet days and the four walls of your house. The five South African National Parks in the Cape Region invite you to spend winter differently this year - out and about in nature.
Do something different this winter in the SANParks Cape Region
Date: 2012-05-14
Winter in the Western Cape need not revolve solely around duvet days and the four walls of your house. The five South African National Parks in the Cape Region invite you to spend winter differently this year - out and about in nature.
Media Release: One suspected rhino poacher dead and two arrested
Date: 2012-05-10
In a joint operation between South African National Parks (SANParks) Environmental Crime Investigators and rangers, the South African Police Services (SAPS) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) this morning three suspected rhino poachers were thwarted while trying to escape in the Crocodile Bridge Ranger Section of the Kruger National Park (KNP).
Media Release: R55 million assets seized from poachers
Date: 2012-05-09
The joint security forces including the Endangered Species of the Hawks, the NPA, the Asset Forfieture Unit, Department of Environmental affairs and the curators made a huge stride in our undying effort to thwart rhino poaching in South Africa. This team has seized assets in the region of R55 million, believed to have been acquired through criminal activities, particularly rhino poaching from Dawie Groenewald, two veterinary surgeons, Drs Karel Toet and Manie Du Plessis.
Mapungubwe acquires a restaurant
Date: 2012-05-09
Visitors to Mapungubwe National Park and World Heritage Site, one of South Africa’s eight World Heritage Sites are hereby informed that a restaurant facility at the Interpretive Centre near the park’s entrance gate is open and operational.
Latest update on the KNP flood notice
Date: 2012-05-08
Kruger National Park flood update as at 17:00 p.m. on 7 May 2012
Media Release: KNP impala killer banned for five years
Date: 2012-05-08
Following on the highly publicised impala accident of the 2nd of May 2012 and the R2500 fine imposed on the responsible driver for the charge of reckless driving, KNP Management today further considered the recommendations of a final report into the incident.
Media Release: Bird Club brightens up Park hide
Date: 2012-05-08
A donation by the Graaff-Reinet Bird Club has brightened up the Camdeboo National Park’s Khwalimanzi Hide which is situated in the Game Viewing Area.
Media Release: Driver gets penalty for impala deaths
Date: 2012-05-07
A driver of a delivery truck (with trailer attached) belonging to one of the contractors currently working in the Park, Shivers Contracting Company who collided with a herd of impala last week on the Kruger Gate - Skukuza road; which resulted in the deaths of at least seven impala was slapped with a fine of R2500.
Media Release: Latest rhino poaching statistics
Date: 2012-05-07
The number of rhinos poached in South Africa since the beginning of the year now stands at 210.
Table Mountain confirmed as a Natural Wonder
Date: 2012-05-04
Cape Town, Thursday, 3 May 2012: Table Mountain’s status as one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature has become official after an international audit confirmed the result of a global voting process.
Latest update on the KNP flood notice
Date: 2012-05-03
Kruger National Park flood update as at 17:00 p.m. on 2 May 2012.
Media Release: Shooting in the Kruger National Park
Date: 2012-04-30
Pretoria, 29 April 2012 – Yesterday, a member of the South African Police Service and a Game Ranger were shot and killed in the Kruger National Park.
Media Release: KNP Field Rangers' strike called-off
Date: 2012-04-30
The South African National Parks (SANParks) field rangers’ strike which commenced on the 3rd February 2012 has been called-off, effective as from today, 30th April 2012.
Media Release: SANParks disappointed at Beeld’s allegations
Date: 2012-04-30
South African National Parks (SANParks) is extremely disappointed in an article published by Beeld on Monday 30 April 2012 in which unfounded allegations of tension between SANParks Rangers, South African Police (SAPS) Special Tasks Force and the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) were made. The allegations were made on the basis of a faceless so-called “sources” which relates to a shooting incident in the Kruger National Park (KNP) between a SANParks Ranger and SAPS Special Task force member in which both lost their lives.
Latest update on the KNP flood notice
Date: 2012-04-26
Kruger National Park flood update as at 15:00 p.m. on 25 April 2012.
Media Release: SANParks mourns the death of a pioneering wildlife vet
Date: 2012-04-25
South African National Parks (SANParks) wishes to convey their sincere condolences to the family of Toni Harthoorn. Harthoorn, a wildlife vet, whose efforts to protect the rhino were insurmountable, died in Pretoria at the age of 89.
Explore the Cape with our fantastic winter specials!
Date: 2012-03-19
Stay at any of the Cape Region’s South African National Parks - Agulhas, Bontebok, Table Mountain, Tankwa and West Coast-during May/June/July and get a 20% discount off your accommodation or camping rates. This offer is available from 1 May to 31 July 2012 with rates from as low as R352 per unit per night.
Community Conservation
Working with communities and building long term relationships with them involves more than saying hello to each other every day over the fence of a national park!
People and Conservation works hard at building understanding and support for biodiversity conservation within communities living around our parks, and also works on improving how communities can access our national parks for cultural, spiritual and recreational purposes.
People and Conservation also assists communities to decide how to use their natural resources wisely and live sustainable lifestyles.
The community work done by People and Conservation covers a wide variety of projects. Some examples include:
- education and awareness projects
- setting up food gardens
- indigenous nurseries
- interpretation of medicinal plant use
- forest rehabilitation projects
- performing arts and craft projects.
The programmes are usually aimed at communities neighboring the parks, but sometimes people living in the parks – staff, workers from the expanded pulic works projects – are also targeted. An exciting example from Addo Elephant National Park is the Mayibuye Ndlovu Development Trust that grew from a conflict solving body into a partnership for community projects, and Wire Frame Products project in Augrabies Falls National Park
Park Forums
The establishing and managing of Park Forums has recently been one of the biggest leaps forward for SANParks.
Conservation cannot function without involvement of surrounding communities, local stakeholders and other interested and affected parties. Communities are encouraged to actively participate in the management of their local park and raise issues affecting their lives and the environment.
The scope of concern is extensive, particularly in the rural areas and ranges from HIV/aids through to employment, and issues like the security of park fences. Representatives are elected by the community who help to minimize friction between the park and its neighbours.
