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Ms Rachel Kalidass
Ms Kalidass is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in internal and external auditing, financial management, business process review, corporate governance and risk management. ...
Meet the women who fought the Knysna fires
In June this year, devastating fires laid waste to the Western Cape, particularly in the towns of Knysna and neighbouring Plettenberg Bay, where homes...
Garden Route is now a biosphere reserve, says Unesco
The Garden Route in South Africa has been added, along with other areas around the world, to Unesco's list of biosphere reserves.
Priya Pitamber
South Africa's...
Public-private partnerships in national parks to boost tourism
Six million people visited our 19 national parks last year. This presented a huge opportunity for private investors, delegates were told at the inaugural...
South Africans get free access to parks for a week
To build South Africans' pride in the country's natural, cultural and historical heritage, South African National Parks (SANParks) is offering free entry to citizens...
South African citizens get free access to national parks
South Africans are encouraged to take part in National Parks Week - running from 14 to 20
September - when they have free access to activities such as abseiling. They are also given an
opportunity to learn more about the country's wild animals and natural heritage.
SANParks sells rhinos to foil poachers
South Africa National Parks is selling 286 white rhino to approved private buyers as part of its
efforts to save the endangered animals from poaching, outgoing chair Kuseni Dlamini said on
Wednesday.
Relocating rhino to create new breeding populations
Nineteen black rhino have been released at an undisclosed location in South Africa under WWF
South Africa's Black Rhino Range Expansion Project to create a new breeding population of the
critically endangered animals.
Visitors flock to Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch
More than a million people visited Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in 2014. Tourism is
crucial to the survival of South Africa's conservation and biodiversity assets, as the
income generated from visitors helps to manage protected areas. They also raise
awareness of conservation issues.
SANParks open new chalets at Agulhas
The seven chalets at the Agulhas National Park are part of the South African
government's R2,4-billion investment in national parks. At the southernmost tip of
Africa, the park is in a unique landscape of pristine coastline and endangered lowland
fynbos.