BEEHIVE FENCING INITIATIVE

Beehive fencing is a concept derived from the innovative study and experiment conducted by Dr Lucy King...

WECODE Programmes

In partnership with Got-Game, we are training students at Tembisa Secondary School in basic coding...

MathU Android Programme

The MathU app is an educational device which functions as a ‘tutor in your pocket’ to assist learners with their Maths and Science marks.

ILAB Funded ICT Centre

Even though schools had to be closed earlier due to the national corona virus outbreak, the iLAB funded ICT centre at Waterberg Welfare Society

How Nature Has Adjusted During The Various Lockdowns.

As most of humanity is on lockdown, hunkering down in their homes, the natural world carries on living.

The Plastic Recycling Industry Has Been Going Through Uncertainty Over The Past Few Months.

The plastic recycling industry has been going through uncertainty over the past few months.

Beehive And Agricultural Cooperative In Gazini

Currently, our beehive and agricultural cooperative in Gazini, northern KwaZulu Natal province, is busy clearing and tilling their farm in preparation...

Waterberg Wave FM

During the month of March, Waterberg Wave FM covered a number of programmes, aimed at disseminating relevant information to the local Vaalwater community...

Naming Elephants

Why would you name an elephant? The short answer is that it makes our jobs as monitors and researchers easier and to avoid confusion in the management of them.

EPI-USE Goes Beyond Corporate Purpose In Conserving Elephants And Rhinos Through Poverty Alleviation

We recently got featured in an article from The Drum website, owing to how our for-profit parent company, EPI-USE, goes beyond corporate purpose

#Bikes4ERP Impact Expanded

This is one of our signature community upliftment interventions, run entirely by our group’s employees on a volunteer basis.

#BIKES4ERP Blouberg delivery

Last Saturday, the #Bikes4ERP team and over 100 community members braved the rains that graced the Blouberg area to attend the bikes delivery event.

ERP Melorane Game Reserve

After years of overcoming obstacles to secure pristine habitat for elephants and rhino’s next to the greater Madikwe reserve, in 2021, ERP - together with our partner – the Barokologadi Community...

INTRODUCING ERP NAMIBIA

ERP recently established ERP Namibia to expand ERP’s activities outside of South Africa. Tasked with the establishment and the running thereof is Tinus Hansen, a highly-experienced local conservationist.

ERP NOW OPERATES AT THE MABALINGWE NATURE RESERVE

A very common problem in South Africa’s smaller reserves is “too many” elephants. It may seem counterintuitive when we hear daily of elephants threatened with extinction...

ERP On Captive Elephants

We have been asked, why ERP does not support elephants in captivity. There are myriad and compelling reasons, and we are currently dealing with these via a formal submission process in response to draft legislation in South Africa.

Submission To High Level Panel Report On The Management, Breeding, Hunting, Trade And Handling Of Elephant, Rhino, Leopard And Rhinoceros

On Sunday, the 2nd of May 2021, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, released a much-anticipated report...

The Tale Of Elephants And Bees

The story of the bees and the elephants is an ancient one. One that has remained in a veil of shadows to all but the ones involved – and to the few who witnessed and took note.

Monitoring Elephants

ERP has monitored several different elephants and elephant situations to date. Apart from the standard monitoring of elephants’ behaviour and movements, there have been some special cases along the way.

Collaring Elephants

In an ideal world, elephants would not need collars. They would just be roaming freely without human intervention. But that is becoming increasingly difficult in our world today. Collars can help protect elephants.

ERP IN THE NEWS

SAP recently featured our work based on the various field projects we are currently undertaking.

ERP Beneficiaries In Rural Communities.

As we widen our campaign to secure large tracts of land to create safe havens for Elephants and Rhinos in the wild...

Naming Elephants

Why would you name an elephant? The short answer is that it makes our jobs as monitors and researchers easier and to avoid confusion in the management of them.

EPI-USE Goes Beyond Corporate Purpose In Conserving Elephants And Rhinos Through Poverty Alleviation

We recently got featured in an article from The Drum website, owing to how our for-profit parent company, EPI-USE, goes beyond corporate purpose

ERP Melorane Game Reserve

After years of overcoming obstacles to secure pristine habitat for elephants and rhino’s next to the greater Madikwe reserve, in 2021, ERP - together with our partner – the Barokologadi Community...

DEHORNING AT RIETVLEI

In November 2021 we completed yet another rhino dehorning exercise as part of our anti-poaching strategy at Rietvlei Nature Reserve.

Submission To High Level Panel Report On The Management, Breeding, Hunting, Trade And Handling Of Elephant, Rhino, Leopard And Rhinoceros

On Sunday, the 2nd of May 2021, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, released a much-anticipated report...

Update Rhino Dehorning From 2020

Following on the rhino dehorning late last year, we are happy to report that all rhinos are well and in good health.

Ranger Stories From The Field: Life On Patrol

We featured a testimonial from Derick Jordaan, who is part of the ERP Rangers that volunteer their time outside of their core daily work schedule.

ERP 2020 Recap - At #ERP The Life Of Every Elephant And Rhino Matters.

During 2020, ERP also attended to an emergency at one of our safe havens where a rhino was injured and had difficulty in walking.

RHINO SAFE HAVENS

Last week we covered a post on the emergency response conducted by our team at one of our rhino safe havens, after a bull got injured.

ERP IN THE NEWS

SAP recently featured our work based on the various field projects we are currently undertaking.

ERP Beneficiaries In Rural Communities.

As we widen our campaign to secure large tracts of land to create safe havens for Elephants and Rhinos in the wild...

ERP Recently Attended To An Emergency At One Of Our Safe Havens

ERP recently attended to an emergency at one of our safe havens where a rhino was injured and had difficulty in walking.

How Nature Has Adjusted During The Various Lockdowns.

As most of humanity is on lockdown, hunkering down in their homes, the natural world carries on living.

EPI-USE Goes Beyond Corporate Purpose In Conserving Elephants And Rhinos Through Poverty Alleviation

We recently got featured in an article from The Drum website, owing to how our for-profit parent company, EPI-USE, goes beyond corporate purpose

MathU Android Programme

The MathU app is an educational device which functions as a ‘tutor in your pocket’ to assist learners with their Maths and Science marks.

ILAB Funded ICT Centre

Even though schools had to be closed earlier due to the national corona virus outbreak, the iLAB funded ICT centre at Waterberg Welfare Society

The Plastic Recycling Industry Has Been Going Through Uncertainty Over The Past Few Months.

The plastic recycling industry has been going through uncertainty over the past few months.

Beehive And Agricultural Cooperative In Gazini

Currently, our beehive and agricultural cooperative in Gazini, northern KwaZulu Natal province, is busy clearing and tilling their farm in preparation...

Waterberg Wave FM

During the month of March, Waterberg Wave FM covered a number of programmes, aimed at disseminating relevant information to the local Vaalwater community...

EPI-USE Goes Beyond Corporate Purpose In Conserving Elephants And Rhinos Through Poverty Alleviation

We recently got featured in an article from The Drum website, owing to how our for-profit parent company, EPI-USE, goes beyond corporate purpose

#Bikes4ERP Impact Expanded

This is one of our signature community upliftment interventions, run entirely by our group’s employees on a volunteer basis.

#BIKES4ERP Blouberg delivery

Last Saturday, the #Bikes4ERP team and over 100 community members braved the rains that graced the Blouberg area to attend the bikes delivery event.

ERP Rangers And Partner Bull Security At Work

Four suspected cable and scrap metal thieves were arrested in Centurion on Thursday afternoon.

ERP Recently Entered Into A 20-Year Joint Venture Agreement With The Manoko Community

ERP recently entered into a 20-year joint venture agreement with the Manoko Community in the Blouberg region, over their property

ERP Conservation Land Deals Secured At Madikwe And Blouberg

ERP recently enjoyed a breakthrough on the elephant conservation front, in a significant land deal based on a 45-year lease with the Barakalogadi Community.

Sekelekani Cooperative Sold Over 450kg Of Raw Honey

Following on our update on Sekelekani Cooperative last week, we are again happy to report that, in addition to the chilli sales...

ERP Melorane Game Reserve

After years of overcoming obstacles to secure pristine habitat for elephants and rhino’s next to the greater Madikwe reserve, in 2021, ERP - together with our partner – the Barokologadi Community...

MADIKWE APICULTURE PROJECT

ERP Honey’s Madikwe project takes flight, promising income generation and food security for ERP’s beneficiary community, a growth in the local bee population, and protection for sensitive trees.

The Tale Of Elephants And Bees

The story of the bees and the elephants is an ancient one. One that has remained in a veil of shadows to all but the ones involved – and to the few who witnessed and took note.

Two Bees, One Stone

Only in recent times has the secret nature of the relationship between elephants and bees been discovered. It has been pulled into the exploring spotlight of science.

Update On The Gazini Beehive Fencing Project

Sekelekani Cooperative recently underwent further training on beehive construction, as they started with the rehabilitation of the existing beehive fence.

BEEHIVE FENCING INITIATIVE

Beehive fencing is a concept derived from the innovative study and experiment conducted by Dr Lucy King...

Beehive And Agricultural Cooperative In Gazini

Currently, our beehive and agricultural cooperative in Gazini, northern KwaZulu Natal province, is busy clearing and tilling their farm in preparation...

Sekelekani Cooperative Sold Over 450kg Of Raw Honey

Following on our update on Sekelekani Cooperative last week, we are again happy to report that, in addition to the chilli sales...

ERP Story - #BIKES4ERP By Nicolai Van Der Merwe

Gert Vermeulen and I started work on an SAP implementation project in July 2012 in Richards Bay, South Africa, as Payroll Consultants with EPI-USE.

Samuel Matheta, The Appointed Bicycles Mechanic

With the reopening of schools in mid-February, Samuel Matheta, the appointed bicycles mechanic, has commenced with the weekly monitoring of usage of the bicycles by beneficiary scholars...

#Bikes4ERP Initiative

Covid-19 may have derailed some of our plans, but our team has been working hard to ensure that once the dust has settled...

ERP IN THE NEWS

SAP recently featured our work based on the various field projects we are currently undertaking.

#Bikes4ERP Impact Expanded

This is one of our signature community upliftment interventions, run entirely by our group’s employees on a volunteer basis.

#BIKES4ERP Blouberg delivery

Last Saturday, the #Bikes4ERP team and over 100 community members braved the rains that graced the Blouberg area to attend the bikes delivery event.

The ERP Rangers Team

The ERP Rangers Team consists of committed volunteers who contribute their time and effort to combat poaching against our elephants and rhinos in the field.

ERP Melorane Game Reserve

After years of overcoming obstacles to secure pristine habitat for elephants and rhino’s next to the greater Madikwe reserve, in 2021, ERP - together with our partner – the Barokologadi Community...

INTRODUCING ERP NAMIBIA

ERP recently established ERP Namibia to expand ERP’s activities outside of South Africa. Tasked with the establishment and the running thereof is Tinus Hansen, a highly-experienced local conservationist.

ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVCS)

The plight of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in remote villages, throughout South Africa, and particularly in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), is appalling.

Ndumo Orphans

At Ndumo, over 400 orphans do not have access to welfare grants and are totally dependent on donations for access to food.

Hunger And Deprivation Currently Experienced In Deep Rural Areas

In view of the hunger and deprivation currently experienced in deep rural areas due to the Covid 19 lockdown in South Africa...

Helping Our Partner Communities

A line of people is standing ready in the early morning sunlight as the truck arrives. The warm caresses of summer are gone and there is a chill in the air.

Update On The ERP Emergency Food Relief Program

Next week, we will kick-start the final round of our emergency food relief programme, as we once again aim to feed just under 3000 families...

Building Thriving Communities Through Partnership

During the month of April, ERP provided e’Pap food parcels to various households in need owing to the nationwide lockdown.

During 2019, ERP Provided Over 10 Tons Of Supplemental Feed To Rietvlei’s Rhinos

We also annually dehorn the rhinos, since it dramatically reduces their risk of being attacked by poachers.

Expansion And Fortification Of The ERP Ranger Program

This video describes ERP’s Ranger program, operated on a fully-volunteer basis by the Group’s local for-profit businesses’ staff.

Making Elephant Identification Kits

When ERP moves elephants to a new reserve, we do not just drop them off and leave them. We do our best to help the new reserve and the elephants to have the best start possible.

ERP Rangers And Partner Bull Security At Work

Four suspected cable and scrap metal thieves were arrested in Centurion on Thursday afternoon.

Dehorning Rhinos - A Necessary Evil

At whirling speeds, powerful mechanical teeth eat away at the horn. Exposing the core, as the screeching howl of the saw cuts inch by inch.

Moving Elephants

We are all used to passing big trucks on the highways, or being stuck behind one, not being able to overtake it. At times, this can lead to frustrations and a rise in blood pressure.

Capturing Elephants

Capture day starts early. First thing on the agenda is a briefing on the plan for the day, making sure everyone knows their role.

ERP Recently Entered Into A 20-Year Joint Venture Agreement With The Manoko Community

ERP recently entered into a 20-year joint venture agreement with the Manoko Community in the Blouberg region, over their property

Planning An Elephant Relocation

When you see the photos from our elephant translocations, you only see the end result of a very long process. In our new blog series “Behind the Scenes”, we do just that.

ERP Conservation Land Deals Secured At Madikwe And Blouberg

ERP recently enjoyed a breakthrough on the elephant conservation front, in a significant land deal based on a 45-year lease with the Barakalogadi Community.

A Long Awaited Homecoming

The doors of the crate creaked open and a head appeared. Eyes scanned the surroundings, followed by a slow blink before the head retreated back into the darkness.

Elephants, Rhinos & People (‘ERP’) Completes Another Phase In The 'Great Karoo Elephant Migration’

ERP has successfully completed the translocation of two-family groups of elephants to...

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