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Ernst Marais (71) and Dina (73).

Two suspects arrested in Mozambique over Kruger National Park murder of Marais couple

Two suspects have been arrested in Mozambique over the murder of South African tourists Dina and Ernst Marais in Kruger National Park near Crooks Corner

Putting pen to paper, forestry, fisheries and environment minister Willie Aucamp, signing the beneficiation scheme framework agreement, watched by SANParks interim chairperson Beryl Ferguson and community leaders. Pictures: Lucas Ledwaba

Kruger returns to its owners

Historic deal sees communities set to gain from sche signed with SANParks

Boosting the village economy: Phindile Sobhuza-Tshaka and her husband Thabathani of Tshaka Tours. Photos: Brian Sokutu

A century of Kruger

Kruger National Park’s 100-year milestone reflects both South Africa’s conservation history and SANParks’ efforts to shift from exclusionary “fortress conservation” to community…

Championing tourism: President Cyril Ramaphosa and Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille. Photo: GCIS

Africa’s Travel Indaba boosts Durban economy and drives African tourism growth

Africa’s Travel Indaba is expected to generate millions for Durban’s economy while showcasing African tourism growth, conservation and regional travel opportunities

The Letaba rest camp is under water. (SANParks)

Kruger National Park closed to day visitors amid heavy flooding in Limpopo, Mpumalanga

Persistent and heavy rainfall affecting Limpopo and Mpumalanga has led to South African National Parks (SANParks) taking a precautionary decision to temporarily suspend day…

For the first time in 170 years, a leopard has been photographed in the West Coast National Park

West Coast National Park sees historic leopard return after 170 years

The return underscores the importance of wildlife corridors, habitat protection and coexistence with local communities

Cap: Morne Du Plessis, the chief executive of WWF-SA, at SANParks Vision 2040 Indaba this week

SANParks Vision 2040: A bold plan to link conservation and communities

Eastern Cape entrepreneur blossoms through skills programme, highlighting aims for people-centred conservation, linking economic empowerment with biodiversity

(File photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Scientists warn that poaching, drought threaten Kruger lions and hippos

Lion numbers have remained stable from 2015 to 2023, while the population of hippos plunged by more than 2 500 from 2015 to 2017

Lift off: SANParks new strategy, Vision 2040, aims to redress economic inequalities through conservation. (Photo by Herman Verwey/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

The future of SANParks: From fortress conservation to inclusivity

Its new strategy, Vision 2040, aims to redress economic inequalities through conservation

A judicial review heard in the Western Cape high court this week has questioned the environmental authorisation process for TotalEnergies’ offshore oil and gas exploration rights between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas.
(Chesnot/Getty Images)

TotalEnergies advertising found to be misleading and greenwashing

The Advertising Regulatory Board said that the multinational energy giant’s advert regarding sustainable development was contradictory

Kobus De Wet was one of SANParks’ senior managers in its environmental crime investigative unit based at Groenkloof in Pretoria.

Senior SANParks manager killed by hippo in Kruger National Park

Kobus De Wet played a leading role in investigations and the arrests of rhino poaching syndicates

Corruption is the main enabler for wildlife crimes, with rangers, who are meant to protect nature, at the centre of these crimes, according to the Wildlife Justice Commission

Corruption at the helm of wildlife crimes, Wildlife Justice Commission report finds

The international organisation has released a study on the link between corruption and wildlife crimes

(Gallo Images/Beeld/Deaan Vivier)

Alien invasives pose significant threat to Kruger park

Over the past 20 years, up to 2016, various organisations had spent nearly R350 million on alien plant control operations in the park

231 rhinos have been killed for their horns so far this year.
(Photo by Deon Raath/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

South Africa sees 59 fewer rhinos killed in the first half of 2022

Figures show South Africa’s efforts to combat rhino poaching pays off

Endangered species: The Halfmens is a tree-like succulent plant species devoid of branches, which is the most iconic of the Richtersveld

Halfmens: Four succulent poachers jailed for seven years in Northern Cape

‘Worst case in history of Richtersveld National Park’ SANParks said of the incident, which involved the attempted poaching of 14 endangered Halfmens succulents

A herd of elephants drinks at the watering hole in Addo National Park in South Africa, 70 kilometres northeast of Port Elizabeth in the Sundays River Valley. Photo: Horst Galuschka/dpa (Photo by Horst Galuschka/picture alliance via Getty Images)

SANParks shifts to solar and spekboom

Solar-generated pumps are pumping larger volumes of water for wildlife than diesel used to, and spekboom is helping offset carbon emissions

On a high: The NE Cape Grasslands National Park will encourage communities and farmers living in it to be park stewards. (Madelene Cronjé)

South Africa’s newest national park will be in an agricultural landscape

People living on communal land and commercial farmers can incorporate their land into the new park and benefit from financial incentives

Communities living along the Kruger National Park’s north western fence say cattle rustlers stealing their livestock use the area between the Punda Maria and Pafuri gates to transport stolen cattle across the border to Mozambique. The Kruger National Park shares an international border with Mozambique in the east and Zimbabwe in the north. (Lucas Ledwaba/Mukurukuru Media)

Poaching moves to cattle as SANParks communities plead for help

Villages that neighbour the Kruger National Park face the terrors of armed stock thieves and poachers who are involved in cross-border crime

Challenge: Cathy Dreyer says new technologies and innovative strategies give her hope that ‘we’ll be able to stem the tide of poaching’. (Karin Schermbrucker)

Q&A Sessions: Meet Cathy Dreyer, the rhino whisperer

Cathy Dreyer, the first female head ranger of the Kruger National Park, speaks to Sheree Bega about earning the trust of black rhinos by reading to them and why the park’s…

Race to save the Richtersveld from mass extinction

Climate change, mine dust, drought and succulent poaching are causing centuries-old iconic plants to die