THE murder of Anton Mzimba head of ranger services at Timbavati Private nature reserve has highlighted the sacrifices rangers make in preserving wildlife. His brutal…
Posts tagged as “Kruger National Park”
Testing for human TB in Kruger elephants
IN 2016 veterinary staff in the Kruger National Park discovered human Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) in a single bull elephant that had died of the disease…
No place for litter as Kruger waste recyclers clean up
A waste recycling project near the internationally renowned Kruger National Park is bringing hope to residents in the area crippled by a lack of jobs…
Antelope kills youth in village battling poaching and human-wildlife conflict
COMFORT Mahlake was killed when a waterbuck pierced through his chest with its horns on the outskirts of a Limpopo village – becoming another victim…
Tit-for-tat farmers eat rogue elephants
Farming along the Limpopo river means a daily struggle with herds of roaming elephant. LUCAS LEDWABA reports on a case of human-wildlife conflict in South…
An encounter with the gentle giant of the wild
Lucas Ledwaba learns the secrets of elephants and suddenly finds himself within trampling range of one of these tuskers.
There is just no resisting the Kruger
In search of ruins, Lucas Ledwaba is bowled over by the beauty of baobabs and rugged landscape of the northern Kruger National Park.






