War on rhino poaching: SANParks finally ready to roll out polygraph testing for staff

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War on rhino poaching: SANParks finally ready to roll out polygraph testing for staff
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Save the rhino: SANParks' employee polygraph testing policy - which has been in the pipeline for several years - will soon come into play

Save the rhino: SANParks' employee polygraph testing policy - which has been in the pipeline for several years - will soon come into play

Don English, the head ranger for SANParks, told the media in a briefing at the Kruger National Park this week that poaching syndicates had compromised SANParks rangers.an estimated R240 million in the past 12 months, with 16 Kruger National Park field rangers recently charged for assisting poachers.SANParks partners with neighbouring nations to benefit communities

“The polygraph testing standard operating procedure has also been developed to guide the implementation of the policy.” Creecy outlined that the decrease of rhino poached in the KNP in 2023 can be attributed to various combined interventions: The continued implementation of the KNP Ranger Services integrity management plan, which is a holistic approach that assesses the drivers and dynamics of corruption, and then addresses these with a comprehensive actions that focus on building individual integrity and organisational resilience to corruption.

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