- 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: SANParks notes tender to relatives article with concern
Date: 2012-02-06
The South African National Parks (SANParks) notes the article on the Auditor General report in today’s (Sunday, February 05, 2012), City Press with great concern. SANParks refutes the statement made in the article which claims that SANParks awarded tenders worth R3,5 million to its officials or close relatives.
Online Reservations Promotion for 25 November to 7 December 2012
Date: 2012-02-02
Thinking of an affordable getaway and lazy days in the sun? Make the Parks your destination of choice!
Media Release: 248 KNP rangers to embark on a strike
Date: 2012-02-01
A total number of 361 Kruger National Park (KNP) staff members will embark on a strike from Friday, February 3, 2012
Media Release: SANParks proposals for Tokai Manor precinct
Date: 2012-02-01
Proposals for the future upgrade, management and landscaping of the Tokai Manor precinct will be presented at a public open day on Tuesday, 7 February. The open day will be held in the historic Tokai Manor house which now forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.
Media Release: Massive – 40% Discounts for late-summer break at SANParks
Date: 2012-01-31
Longing to escape to nature, far away from the madding crowds?
Media Release: SANParks Social Science Student Support
Date: 2012-01-25
South African National Parks announced today that it will be offering bursaries to students as part of their Social Science Student Support Programme.
Media Release: Ancient Dinosaur Nursery - The Oldest nesting site ever found.
Date: 2012-01-24
An excavation at a site in South Africa has unearthed the 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus — revealing significant clues about the evolution of complex reproductive behaviour in early dinosaurs.
Media Release: The Jewel of Limpopo Becomes a Big Tourist Attraction
Date: 2012-01-24
South African National Parks officially announced that the Mapungubwe National Park and World Heritage Site has received 343 visitors to the new Interpretation Centre.
Media Release: Two suspected poachers fatally wounded in Kruger
Date: 2012-01-12
In a follow-up anti-poaching operation in the eastern boundary of the Kruger National Park last night, Wednesday, 11 January 2012, Field Rangers came in contact with a group of suspected poachers.
Media Release: Eight rhino carcasses found in Kruger
Date: 2012-01-11
The South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced in a statement today that while in an intensified patrols in the various parts of the Kruger National Park (KNP) yesterday (Tuesday, 10 January 2012) rangers found eight (8) carcasses with their horns missing in two sections of the park.
Annual Writing Competition extended!
Date: 2012-01-11
For all those avid writers, both young and old, who did not get a chance to enter the Annual Writing Competition late last year – it has been extended until the end of June 2012. Hip, hip hooray!
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.
