{"id":5554,"date":"2019-04-12T08:54:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T06:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2019-04-12T08:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T06:55:40","slug":"south-africaloftus-to-turn-green-in-support-of-sanparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/media-release\/south-africaloftus-to-turn-green-in-support-of-sanparks\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Loftus to turn green in support of SANParks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Vodacom Bulls have teamed up with South African National Parks (SANParks) and Wild Card to create awareness about the extraordinary effort that SANParks rangers put in on a daily basis, as they protect our beautiful national parks around South Africa.\u00a0 These unsung heroes will beng honoured at our next home Vodacom Super Rugby match against the Reds on Saturday, 13 April 2019.<\/p>\n

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The men from Pretoria will play in their green away strip, a design by our apparel sponsor PUMA that pays tribute to SANParks, and in so doing, will further drive home their commitment to what SANParks does as guardians of our heritage.<\/p>\n

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SANParks CEO Fundisile Mketeni says that support from one of the biggest sports teams in South Africa will go a long way in creating awareness for conservation and our men and women in green. \u201cOne of the biggest challenges to conservation in the 21st Century is wildlife crime and without the help of all people we will not halt the attack on our natural heritage. We are thankful to the Vodacom Bulls for joining the conservation effort to help conserve our natural heritage for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Several SANParks rangers, or as we at Loftus Versfeld like to call them: superheroes, will be in attendance at the game and will also walk a lap of honour.<\/p>\n

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Vodacom Bulls captain, Handr\u00e8 Pollard, stated, \u201cThis cause is close to the player\u2019s hearts and that they will rise to occasion to honour our rangers who put their lives on the line to protect our heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“There is nothing better for South Africans to experience than to spend time at one of our many national parks and our enjoyment of this would not be possible without the excellent work that SANParks does.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“We love playing in front of our supporters in the hallowed Vodacom Bulls jersey and we will have the privilege of facing the Reds with some of SANParks rangers in attendance which serves as extra motivation to play our best game.”<\/p>\n

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There will be activities for our loyal supporters to enjoy on the day and those that do attend are urged to wear their green Vodacom Bulls jersey, something green.<\/p>\n

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SANParks would not be able to do what they do without the generosity of the public with donations being able to be made on their website, www.sanparks.org<\/a>, or by sending an SMS to 40401 at a cost of R20.<\/p>\n

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Vodacom Bulls players with their coach Mr Pote Human at SANParks Head Office<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSANParks Chief Financial Officer Mr Dumisani Dlamini receives the autograph jersey from the Blue Bulls president Mr Willem Strauss<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSANParks Chief Financial Officer Mr Dumisani Dlamini receives the autograph jersey from the Blue Bulls president Willem Straus<\/em><\/p>\n

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For Media Enquiries:<\/strong><\/em>
\nMs Janine Raftopoulos
\nHead of Corporate Communications
\nSouth African National Parks (SANParks)
\nTel: +27 (0)12 426 5170, Cell: +27(0)71 444 3121
\nEmail:\u00a0Janine.raftopoulos@sanparks.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mr Shanil Mangaroo
\nMedia & Communications
\nBlue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd
\nTel: +27 (0)12 420 0829, Cell: +27 (0) 82 856 9548
\nEmail: shanilm@bluebull.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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