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Reflections on 2018 & beyond

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What started as a family farm has developed into a landscape-scale project to heal degraded land and restore extirpated species. We have had the great privilege of being guided by some of South Africa’s finest ecologists at SANParks and Nelson Mandela University, and an international family of conservationists around the globe who have given us … Continued

An interview with Janetta Bock Benadie

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Janetta Bock Benadie has been involved in the SA College for Tourism (SACT) Tracker Academy since its inception. In 2010, she travelled with her husband Karel Benadie, known as Pokkie, to Samara Private Game Reserve to become part of the Tracker Academy’s founding team as a camp attendant. Since then, she has undertaken further studies and … Continued

Elephant Diaries: Meet the tracker interns

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Ntsindiso Mankangeni and Mzimasi Dlakavu are two graduates from the SA College for Tourism Tracker Academy, which was founded at Samara in 2010 and now occupies several sites across South Africa. They received their training in 2017 at the centre in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in the Northern Cape, and they are now completing a 1-year … Continued