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KZN IPG Launch 2011-1
February 14, 2012
Trees and a Community Programme Grow side by side
The KZN Integrated Greening Programme was launched through a unique partnership between the KZN Provincial Government and the Wildlands Conservation Trust on the 1st of April 2011. This partnership was catalysed through the Sukuma Sakhe initiative, which aims to bring the communities of KZN together to “stand up and build”...
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RHINOS~1
February 3, 2012
Rhino Victory
Huge victory in the fight against rhino poaching Three rhino poachers, who were caught with two freshly chopped rhino horns, an assault rifle, a hunting rifle and an axe in the Kruger National Park, were sentenced this week to 25 years each by the Phalaborwa Regional Court. A SANParks spokesperson...
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IMG_1894 sun seed 2 small
December 23, 2011
Sunshines for food-preneurs
Food – preneurs receive a helping hand from Sunshine Seedlings Wildlands select the top performing  Tree – preneurs (Super – growers) and Waste – preneurs (Super – collectors) annually, from the current 1500 individuals involved in the ‘Trees-for-Life’ and ‘Recycling-for-Life’ projects, based on the amount of waste they have collected...
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Group shot GPI Coca-Cola Wildlands bike donation A
December 15, 2011
Millions for mobility
Wildlands receive R1 million donation from Gary Player Invitational Golfing legend Gary Player and Coca-Cola, the presenting sponsor of the Gary Player Invitational (GPI), recently visited the impoverished Buffelsdraai community in KwaZulu-Natal to announce an estimated R1 million donation to assist with the work of the Wildlands Conservation Trust. “At...
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Lee Swan Rhino
December 7, 2011
Rhino unveiling: Lee Swan
On Friday the 2nd of December at Nelson Mandela Square, the inspirational Polar Racer, Lee Swan, who walked 820km to the magnetic North Pole with racers navigating themselves over Arctic sea ice in temperatures averaging -40 degrees Celsius, unveiled her Rhino sculpture, contributing the 3rd Rhino to the RHINO PARADE...
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