Vehicle Abandoned in Kruger

[Flutterby]

This was posted on Facebook by Elize Oberholzer, and posted here with her permission.

The vehicle was seen in the same place for over a week.



Elize's comment: When we reported this at Talamati their response was...."O, the car 12km down the road? It's been there for a week". Before that we tried to report it at various camps via cell but the phones just rang. I really fear when there is a real emergency in KNP and you need help urgently.

[Bushcraft]

Elize's comment: When we reported this at Talamati their response was...."O, the car 12km down the road? It's been there for a week". Before that we tried to report it at various camps via cell but the phones just rang. I really fear when there is a real emergency in KNP and you need help urgently

Shocking

[Flutterby]

The pic was taken on 5th August on the S140.

[Richprins]

The front wheel seems to be buggered?

Weird and unacceptable, even should the owner not have done anything about it for weeks!

[Sprocky]

The owner has probably flown back home overseas and left the rental car in the sticks.

[Richprins]

Forwarded!

[iNdlovu]

Uuuhm, excuse me SanParks, there seems to be an abandoned car in your back yard which you seem to know about. Are we just going to ignore it and hope it rusts away very quickly or do something constructive like tow it to one of the camps and follow up on who it belongs to

[nan]

a nice shelter for some... many apartment, storages etc... -O

[Richprins]

Reforwarded!

[Richprins]

From today's Lowvelder:
In 'n soortgelyke geval het Elize Oberholzer 'n verlate motor op 5 Augustus sowat 12km vanaf Talamati gesien. Volgens haar het sy dit aan die kamppersoneel aangemeld, wat gesê het dat hulle bewus daarvan was en dat dit al vir 'n week lank daar staan. Daar is op Africa Wild se webforum genoem dat die motor teen 17 Augustus steeds daar was.

Navrae in verband met die voorval is aan SANParke gerig, waarna Mabasa aangedui het dat die NKW bewus daarvan was en dat die eienaar die motor moes laat uistleep. Volgens hom het dit die insleepdiens egter etlike weke geneem om dit te doen.

Translated:

Elize saw an abandoned vehicle on 5 August about 12 km from Talamati. According to her when she reported it staff said it had been there for a week. It was mentioned on Africa Wild's web forums that the vehicle was still there on 17 August. Responding to queries in this regard, Mabasa said that the Park was aware of this and that it was the owner's responsibility to have it removed. According to him the towing service took a number of weeks to do this.