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Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp.
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment Willie Aucamp says a lot is being done to ensure the safety of tourists in the Kruger National Park.
Aucamp says they will not only deploy additional rangers in certain strategic areas of the park but also use the latest technology to enhance the safety of visitors.
This comes after the recent murder of a couple, Ernst Marais and his wife, Dina in the park.
They were allegedly stabbed to death in a river close to Crooks’ Corner in the secluded northern Pafuri section of the park. Aucamp spoke to the members of the media ahead of Saturday night’s launch of the Kruger National Park’s centenary celebration in the Skukuza Rest Camp.
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“I firmly believe that the Kruger National Park is still one of the safest, if not the safest place in the country. And we should not let the people that committed this heinous crime win. If we are going to stay away, they will win. The Kruger National Park has always been safe. We have always had a lot of safety measures in place. Once you drive through our gates and you get your permit and you go through that security, everybody that’s done that before will know that there’s a lot of security. Our rangers that are in the field, our dog units, our helicopters, our technology that we’ve got, that’s always been there. And that is maybe why in 100 years only once did this happen,” said Aucamp,
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