For decades the people who live and work at the bazaar have been part of the migrant system that separates families.
Or so it seems, as the president – despite his myriad problems – sweeps all before him.
Poisoning is the chief menace but power lines, wind turbines and loss of habitat are also a threat to the birds.
Striking Marikana mineworkers had performed muti rituals and believed they were unassailable before the massacre, heard the Farlam commission.
Conservationists suspect political interference after muti man’s trial is thrown out of court.
The minister for women, children and persons with disabilities has called for tougher charges for people who kill to harvest body parts for muti.
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/ 27 December 2009
Smoking dried vulture brains to have a vision of winning Lotto numbers — that’s why customers come to Scelo, a vendor of traditional medicines.