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Limpopo/Shashe renamed Greater Mapungubwe TFCA
19 June 2009
The Limpopo/Shashe TFCA, shared by Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe was today, 19 June, renamed the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area. Ministers Kitso Mokaila of Tourism in Botswana, Buyelwa Sonjica of Water and Environmental Affairs in South Africa and Francis Nhema of Tourism in Zimbabwe, announced the new name at the Limpopo and Shashe confluence […]
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Endangered African wild dogs found a safe haven
12 Mar 2008
South Africa and Botswana collaborate on translocation A pack of 18 African wild dogs, donated by South African National Parks, was last week translocated from Marakele National Park in Limpopo Province to the...
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Ancient rulers’ remains to return to royal graves
31 Oct 2007
The Mapungubwe people will be officially recognised tomorrow as descendants of the iron-smelting warriors and gold merchants who lived near modern-day Musina over 1000 years ago. A ceremony will be held to symbolically...
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Sable antelope back
04 Oct 2006
The four sable antelope that were released in the Mapungubwe National Park in Limpopo at the beginning of June are adapting well, says Dr Hamish Currie of Back to Africa. The organisation imported...
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European zoos to help restock african reserves
29 Jul 2006
During the past few centuries, culminating in the Victorian era of the late 19th century, European obsession with exotic wildlife saw thousands of animals from Africa being transferred to the zoos of the...
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Transfrontier peace park straddling SA, Botswana, Zimbabwe closer to reality
30 Jun 2006
The proposed Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) including SA, Botswana and Zimbabwe is a step closer to reality with the signing of a memorandum by Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk and...
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Transfrontier park will make old dream a reality
22 Jun 2006
Environment ministers of the three countries signed a memorandum of understanding towards creation of the Limpopo-Shashe Transfrontier Conservation Area.
