Divisions
Protected Area Management (PAM)
Protected Area Management (PAM) is responsible for the management and the maintenance of bio-diversity. The division is responsible for preservation and sustainable utilisation of large diversity of life forms in protected areas, parks and reserves. The division is also actively involved in the socio-economic development of communities neighbouring reserves. Following re-alignment of functions, the Community Division which was previously part of Corporate Services was transferred to this division. The Division is also responsible for conservation awareness, wood gathering and conservation importance of medicinal plants.
Scientific Services
Scientific Services includes scientific research and development, data gathering and capturing, ecological systems monitoring, scientific liaison, terrestrial, aquatic services and herpetofauna, policy formulation, development assessments and the provision of conservation management advice.
The Wildlife Protection Services
The Wildlife Protection Services is responsible for all aspects of conservation legislation, the running of field offices in the regions, anti poaching operations, permit issues, hunting administration and special conservation investigations. They operate mostly all over the province and form the physical contact point between landowners, the public and the MPB, due to their field offices being located at strategic locations in the province.
Wildlife Management Services
Wildlife Management Services includes mammal production, the captive buffalo breeding project, fish production, plant propagation, game capture, management of large meta-populations of game and sustainable product utilisation. The division operates specific stations such as Lydenburg, a buffalo project at three different stations, and 17 plant propagation projects at specific localities.
Commercial Services
The Commercial Services Department was established towards the end of August 2002. The purpose of this portfolio is to operationalise the commercial philosophy and strategy of the MPB.According to the MPB philosophy, commercialisation is a conservation strategy, aimed at optimally commercialising operations of the MPB in order to generate more revenue to contribute to the sustenance of the conservation function. Coupled to this, is the need to ensure maximum efficiency in the use of available resources.
Communications Division
The Communications mandate is to provide an efficient communication services to the Mpumalanga Parks Board. This involves amongst others, media liaison, media production, public relations and internal communications. Clipping of news stories are compiled and distributed to various divisions.
Legal Services
The main objective of the Division is to provide an effective legal support service. It focusses on the following:
Human Resources
The Human Resources department is responsible for the effective and efficient administration of all Human Resources related matters, e.g. Recruitment and Selection, management of the organogram in terms of staff movements, remuneration and related administration, leave management, labour relations, occupational health and safety and employee wellbeing. Our Strategic objective is “To provide an effective human resource management service to the MPB”. The main objectives of the Human Resources department is to ensure that all personnel records are accurate and correctly kept, reviewing and aligning of all HR related policies and procedures with organisational changes and legislation, promoting sound and healthy employer-employee relations and compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Finance and administration
The main aim of the Finance and Administration division is to provide good financial management and logistical support services. The Finance programme consists of the following five sub-programmes: