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Lubombo TFCA
Cheetahs once again explore our wetlands
23 August 2006
For the first time in a century, cheetahs are roaming in one of our World Heritage Sites! Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk released two of four cheetahs into the Umkhuze section of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park in KwaZulu- Natal last Friday. “Cheetahs were shot as vermin by cattle farmers,” said ministry spokesman Riaan […]
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A bridge to a better life
23 Aug 2006
While many residents of the rural area surrounding the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park say they have not derived the anticipated benefits associated with tourism, the Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism believes...
Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park
A new frontier
21 Aug 2006
The environmental advantages of transfrontier parks are obvious. Surely nature can only gain from the removal of fences that keep animals apart and cut through ecosystems. It is just so much better for...
Great Limpopo TFCA
Victory for conservation and ecotourism as three Presidents open Giriyondo Access Facility
18 Aug 2006
The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park’s (GLTP) Giriyondo Tourist Access Facility was officially opened by Presidents, Armando Guebuza of Mozambique, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Wednesday, 16 August...
Greater Mapungubwe TFCA
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...
Maloti-Drakensberg TFCA
Sani Pass to be tarred
04 Jul 2006
The face of one KwaZulu- Natal's tourism icons will be irrevocably changed when Sani Pass is tarred by 2009. A public meeting at Sani Pass Hotel yesterday was informed that the project to...
Greater Mapungubwe TFCA
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...
