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North West farmer to sue Eskom for R2m after 40 000 broiler chickens die

An extraordinary low-voltage power supply in the Coligny area caused the deaths of Herman du Preez’ broiler chickens from suffocation

  • Simon Bloch
2 min read
Onward Muchangowa was identified as a key link in the supply chain to buyers from multiple rhino horn syndicates during the course of police investigations.
GIDEON VAN DEVENTER

NPA mulls review of rhino horn trafficker’s eight-year sentence

Onward Muchangowa was identified as a key link in the supply chain to buyers from multiple rhino horn syndicates during the course of police investigations.

  • Simon Bloch
3 min read
Gideon van Deventer during his arrest in Limpopo.
GIDEON VAN DEVENTER

NPA applauded for tougher stance on rhino poachers

The National Prosecuting Authority is appealing what it called the lenient sentences handed to the two brothers in May

  • Simon Bloch
4 min read
Stock-out: A farmer brings his cattle home after a day of grazing. Subsistence farmers are particularly hard hit by stock theft, which is on the increase in a number of provinces. (Paul Botes/M&G)
LIVESTOCK THEFT

‘Syndicates are behind stock theft’ in South Africa

Stolen livestock is sold at auctions to farmers, abattoirs and speculators, harming the entire red meat industry

  • Simon Bloch
5 min read
The firearms case was dropped when a prosecutor at Bronkhorstspruit decided not to prosecute without giving an explanation.
GIDEON AKA DEON VAN DEVENTER

State reinstates charges against rhino poacher Gideon van Deventer

The firearms case was dropped when a prosecutor at Bronkhorstspruit decided not to prosecute without giving an explanation

  • Simon Bloch
4 min read
A parliamentary committee received a briefing on Wednesday about how a sophisticated criminal syndicate pulled off a brazen heist at the headquarters of the North West Parks and Tourism Board, stealing 51 rhino horns
ARMANDO AMOSSE CHINGO

Fired Ezemvelo field ranger arrested for rhino horn trafficking

Man who was dismissed from his job at a top KZN park for links to poaching is held by police in Gauteng

  • Simon Bloch
3 min read
A sign on the side of the road warns poachers near the Balule reserve. (Photo by Matthieu Alexandre/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

Zikalala finally releases first part of long-delayed rhino task team report

The report was commissioned in 2016 by KwaZulu-Natal’s former premier, Willies Mchunu, after a surge in rhino poaching

  • Simon Bloch
5 min read
At least 70 rhinos have been killed in in Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park in the three months from January to March this year Photo: Daniel Born/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images
EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE

KwaZulu-Natal premier slammed for withholding report on rhino carnage

At least 70 rhinos have been killed in in Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park in the three months from January to March this year

  • Simon Bloch
6 min read
Two of the continent’s premier game reserves – Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve and South Africa’s Kruger National Park – stand on the frontlines of species loss, working tirelessly to protect wildlife under the shadow of rising extinction threats. Yet they also reveal how different leadership approaches to park management can shape conservation success, advance inclusivity, and distribute economic benefit to local communities.
ADELE MYBURGH

The Mozambican criminal who escaped from South African prisons, twice

A rhino-poaching suspect, who recently escaped from police custody, has been identified as a criminal who was serving multiple life sentences when he broke out of prison last year

  • Simon Bloch
8 min read
The South African Predators Association (Sapa) is fighting tooth and nail to reopen the controversial lion bone industry in the country. (Image via The Hawks)
COUNTRY

NSPCA wins lion bone trade case against department

The export of 800 lion skeletons was considered to be unlawful and constitutionally invalid by Judge Jody Kollapen

  • Simon Bloch
2 min read
Illegal hunting and trade in endangered species is a market worth as much as $23-million a year, according to the United Nations. In South Africa, the people arrested tend to be lower down the chain. (Image via Hawks)
COUNTRY

Alleged poachers escape lion’s den

Charges have been dropped against North West residents found with vast quantities of endangered species

  • Simon Bloch
6 min read