Whatever small things are going on, SANParks' dealings with the media, whether once-offs or official releases, remain to have a lot of room for improvement, and it is starting to become unforgivably shabby, to put it mildly.
The biggest case in point is the shambles regarding the responses to the late elephant that attacked a tourist vehicle almost exactly a year ago, in Kruger.
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Lately, there have been 3 poor responses to incidents in Kruger, within the space of 2 weeks at most!
Firstly, the Orpen Gate "Ladies for Hire"..this may seem a laughing matter, but it is clear that SP responded with only the necessary level of truth, as the response changed once the story hit the press.
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Secondly, the Sunset Dam draining fiasco... at first an official SP spokesperson said it was due to the destruction of waterholes, purely because the query came in at the time another release was sent out regarding the borehole destructions. The next response, still not an official one, was that the inlet pump's cables were broken. The story will still come up.
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Thirdly, and worst of all, is the confusion regarding the death of a visitor killed by a crocodile at Skukuza Golf Club recently. The salient points revolve around whether the individual was being reckless, as in swimming in the dam, or having been innocently taken out amongst a group while next to the dam. Both versions remain in the various reports, yet the official SP media release still simply retains the second version, while one of the SP officials is quoted in both versions!
While people are mourning this tragedy, families and friends obviously want the right answers....
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While locals may be able to get a handle on all of the above....these media answers remain the only source of information to most foreign visitors...?
might need to learn the names of the park, which are not, I repeat NOT in English.
Tekwane picnic site 
