{"id":48234,"date":"2021-09-16T09:51:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T07:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/sanparks-free-access-week-postponed-20210915-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:19:05","slug":"sanparks-free-access-week-postponed-20210915-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/sanparks-free-access-week-postponed-20210915-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SANParks free access week postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_cf45ca13\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Park\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11210\/aa69d6606b2b47e696e19ad5f1ff1e3b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11210\/3592ef7018a248728c66c90a539ea7e9.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/figure><div class=\"slide\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>SOUTH African National Parks (SANParks), together with Total Energies and FNB will be hosting the 16th annual SA National Parks Week in November 2021. This free access week, which is traditionally held in September, has been postponed to the later date owing to concerns regarding the number of COVID-19 cases across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rey Thakhuli, SANParks General Manager: Media, PR &amp; Stakeholder Relations said, \u201cThe safety of both guests and staff is of utmost priority and we therefore have to ensure that we are in a position to effectively implement the COVID-19 visitor management procedures in all our parks at all times.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SA National Parks Week is an annual weeklong campaign that provides all South African citizens the opportunity to visit national parks for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe exact dates will be announced shortly. 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