iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority sithanda ukuqwashisa imiphakathi eyakhelene nePaki mayelana neziNdlovu ezizulazula ogwini oluseNtshonalanga yePaki ikakhulukazi eduze nesango laseDukuduku eSt. Lucia.KuneziNdlovu ezinokuziphatha okungajwayelekile okubonwe zidla engxenyeni...

EMgungundlovu namuhla, ngomhlaka-23 kuNhlangulana 2022, inkantolo enkulu yaseNingizimu Afrika ophikweni oluKwaZulu-Natal ikhiphe isinqumo esiwumnqamulajuqu esivuna iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority neZemvelo KZN Wildlife. iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority...

In Pietermaritzburg today, 23 June 2022, the High Court of South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Division handed down a final court order in favour of iSimangaliso Wetland Park...

iSimangaliso hosted the Inkosi Mtubatuba Local Municipality from 7 to 9 June 2022 on a Park expedition. The purpose of the excursion was to address areas...

iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority has launched its rural enterprises program to empower small businesses and entrepreneurs within uMkhanyakude District. The first of phase of the program...

The iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority (iSimangaliso) and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (Ezemvelo) would like to confirm the fatal hippo incident which happened today, Friday 10 June 2022...

iSimangalisoWetlandParkAuthorityinviteallmediaontheeventwheretheMinisterofForestry,FisheriesandtheEnvironment,MsBarbaraCreecy,willlaunchthereportbyaPanelofExpertswhichreviewedthescientificbasisforbreachingthemouthoftheLakeSt.LuciaEstuaryattheSt.LuciaEcoLodgeonThursday,28 April 2022.Earlierthismonth,MinisterCreecyreceivedthereportandhasstudiedthefindingsandrecommendationscontainedinthereport.ThereleaseofthereporttothemediawillhappenaheadofaWorkshoponPanelReportforallstakeholdersandmembersofthePortfolioCommitteeonForestry,FisheriesandtheEnvironment.InJanuary2021themultidisciplinaryandmultisectoralTaskTeamrecommendedtoiSimangalisothatthesystemneededbreachingasashortterminterventiontoaddressecologicalchallengesoftheestuary.Thehopewasthatintheprocessthesocialandeconomicchallengesraisedbyvariousstakeholderswerealsogoingtobeaddressed.Unfortunately,themouthclosedagainnaturallyafterabout6monthsofbeingopened.TherecommendationofthesymposiumandopeningofthemouthwaslateropposedbyanotherinterestgroupwhowrotetoMinisterofForestry,Fisheries,andtheEnvironment,MsBarbaraCreecyairingtheirdiscernmentofthedecision.Ministerappointedapanelofexpertstoinvestigateandsubmitthereporttoher.ThereporthasrecentlybeensubmittedtotheMinisterandshewasstudyingthefindingsandtherecommendationscontainedinthereportandwillmakethereportanditsrecommendationspublicduringhervisit,withanunderstandingthattheissueofthemouthiniSimangalisohasbeeninconsultationwithawiderangeofstakeholders,includingkeyscientificexperts,tourismoperators,conservationmanagers,NGOs,ruralcommunityrepresentatives,fishers,farmers,andbusinessowners.On14April2022,lakeStLuciamouthbreachednaturallywhichwastomuchreliefofsomanystakeholders.ThehighlevelsofwaterpushingfromUmfoloziandMsunduziriversmadeitpossibleforthemouthtobreachnaturally.ThiscameafterhighlevelsofrainreceivedinKwaZuluNatalinthepastfewweekshaveservedasacatalystinresolvingtheissueofthemouth.MinisterwillvisitSt.LuciaMedia are invited to attend and cover the launch of the report as follows: Date: Thursday,28 April 2022 Time:10:00 Venue: St Lucia EcoLodge (A...

Mother nature has done it, lake St Lucia mouth has breached naturally to much relief of so many stakeholders. The morning early hours high tide combined...

Chairperson of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Board, Professor Thandi Nzama. Members of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Board. Chief Executive Officer of iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Mr. Sibusiso...

iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority welcomes the interim interdict granted by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday 11 April 2022 which states that “the respondents and anyone...

Mother nature has done it, lake St Lucia mouth has breached naturally to much relief of so many stakeholders. The morning early hours high tide combined...

The illegal invasion is said to have started on 21 March 2022; the report was received by iSimangaliso that approximately 100 people were invading the Futululu...