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The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment awarded a four-year bursary to two learners, one of whom is Kgaugelo Marema, who is in grade 12 at Mapanolla Secondary School in Mokopane.
CONSERVATION

Lapalala Wilderness School’s rhino initiative works to empower the next generation of conservationists

Two learners receive four-year bursaries plus two years of work after they graduate based on presentations they prepared

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
Diversity: Scarves in various sizes and in colours of the veld are Ardmore Studio’s latest collection.
ARDMORE STUDIO

Diary: Ardmore Studio’s Armoured Warriors, Nominations open for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, Javett-UP presents We, The Purple this September

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
A lioness is seen during a guided safari tour at the Dinokeng Game Reserve outside Pretoria. (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)
ANTI POACHING EFFORTS

From farmland to Big Five sanctuary: The evolution of Dinokeng Game Reserve

Dinokeng is the only residential Big Five game reserve in the world within the boundaries of a metro

  • Helen Grange
7 min read
Horn horror: Each year about one thousand rhinos are killed in South Africa,and. Photo: Daniel Born/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images
COUNTRY

Rhino trade in the heart of darknets

Trafficking in endangered species is increasingly moving online. Roxanne Joseph investigates the networks that facilitate these transactions

  • Roxanne Joseph
5 min read
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to the world’s biggest ivory stockpile bonfire in April after demanding a total ban on trade in tusks and horns to prevent the extinction of elephants in the wild.
CITES

Rhino, elephant, lion fates to be decided at Cites

The most important conservation meeting in a generation will see debates on the future of more than 500 species.

  • Sipho Kings
5 min read
“Many of the other business in the Steinhoff group offer good prospects and I strongly believe every attempt possible should be made to restructure the group as expeditiously as possible
CHRISTO WIESE

Billionaire Wiese refunded after unauthorised rhino sale

Christo Wiese is just one of a number of potential buyers who’ve been refunded their deposits to buy rhino from SANParks.

  • Paul Burkhardt
2 min read
In the first two months of this year
KRUGER PARK

First two months sees 146 rhino killed

This year 146 rhino have been killed so far, after 1 004 were killed in a record-breaking 2013.

  • Sipho Kings
2 min read
HUNTING

Rhino hunting permit auctioned – despite death threats

A permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia has been auctioned off in Dallas, US for $350 000 in a bid to raise money for conservation.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
CSIR’s Charl Petzer discusses impressive technology being developed to combat rhino poaching in SANParks: from mechanical drones to motion sensors.
HORN TRADE

Govt’s push to legalise rhino horn trade splits experts

Opinion is divided between those who think legalising the horn trade will save the animal and those who think the move will be ineffective.

  • Sipho Kings
3 min read
Rhinos play a vital role in the broader ecosystem.
RHINO CONSERVATION

Sculptors of the bush

Why do the two species of African rhinoceroses matter so much?

  • Advertising Supplement
6 min read
The firearms case was dropped when a prosecutor at Bronkhorstspruit decided not to prosecute without giving an explanation.
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

Think local to save rhino

Research shows that communities are eager to be involved in fighting poaching.

  • Mandi Smallhorne
6 min read
RHINO CONSERVATION

Time is running out

The latest official figures show that rhino deaths have continued to soar almost unchecked.

  • Mandi Smallhorne
9 min read
FUNDRAISING

Clean up the fund-raising act

Concerns over people who use the name and image of the rhino to raise funds.

  • Advertising Supplement
3 min read