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Last resort: Deputy Minister Narend Singh says provinces will have to provide scientific evidence of why any of the other options are not applicable. Photo: DFFE
ANIMAL WELFARE

Elephant culling ‘last resort’ as MPs warn of crisis in reserves

Deputy environment minister insists culling will only be used with approval, but MPs and animal welfare groups say governance failures and delays in humane interventions are…

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
80 elephants had died from starvation since August at the Madikwe Game Reserve in North West.
ANIMAL WELFARE MADIKWE

Drought, overgrazing cause deaths of 80 elephants in North West reserve since August

Starving pachyderms in poor condition will be euthanased in the short-term and some of the 1600 population could also potentially be culled in the longer term

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
African White-backed Vultures poisoned in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal in November 2013.
CLIMATE CHANGE

Some provincial reserves with high conservation value poorly run – report

A shortage of critical skills, poor management and inadequate budgets impede the effective management of provincial nature reserves

  • Sheree Bega
7 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