Dr Isidore Mkhize has been appointed director of the Kruger National Park, SA National Parks announced on Friday.
Mkhize’s experience as former chief executive officer of Trade and Investment in KwaZulu-Natal was expected to stand him in good stead with the business modelling and strategy development programmes for the park.
SanParks board chairman Murphy Morobe said in a statement it was hoped that Mkhize would bring the insight he developed while writing his PhD in The Meaning and Expression of Tourism among Urban Blacks: A Geographic Perspective, to the park and apply it practically.
Mkhize replaces David Mabunda who was promoted to chief executive in November last year. – Sapa