Formed 1926 CEO Abe Sibiya (1 Apr 2014–) Founded 1926, South Africa | Annual budget R985,804,000 Headquarters Pretoria Number of employees 3,367 | |
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Jurisdiction Government of South Africa Minister responsible Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Agency executives Kuseni Dlamini, Chairperson of the Board
Mr Fundisile Mketeni, CEO Parent agency Department of Environmental Affairs | ||
South African National Parks (SANParks) is the body responsible for managing South Africa's national parks. SANParks was formed in 1926, and currently manages 19 parks consisting of over 73,000 hectares (730 km2), about 6% of the total area of South Africa.
The best known park is Kruger National Park, which is also the oldest (proclaimed in 1898), and the largest, at nearly 2,000,000 hectares (20,000 km2). The Kruger Park and Table Mountain National Park are two of South Africa's most visited tourist attractions.
List of parks administered by SANParks
The following are designated as National Parks of South Africa:
References
South African National Parks Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA