Cape Town – The Skukuza Regional Court convicted and sentenced three men to hefty sentences, totalling over 100 years, for poaching-related offences.Zwelithini Mathebula 37, and Lucky Mhlongo 39, were sentenced to 34 years’ imprisonment while their co-accused Teddy Dlamini 37, was sentenced to 39 years’ imprisonment.NPA regional spokesperson Monica Nyuswa, said that the three culprits...
Chief Clyde Mnisi was expected to appear in the Mpumalanga High Court in April to face charges relating to rhino poaching. He was shot and killed on Sunday night, March 26.Chief Clyde Mnisi (37) from Bohlabela in the Ehlanzeni District was fatally shot, allegedly multiple times, next to the KMI Airport road near White River...
Pretoria – Mpumalanga provincial head of the Hawks, Major General Nico Gerber has welcomed the arrest of the 14th accused person, 24-year-old Nkateko Maluleke who was wanted in a case of money laundering, where field rangers allegedly provided tactical information to rhino poachers in the Kruger National Park. Maluleke was not present during the arrest...
We've teamed up with Colbec K9 on a number of fronts as the work they do dovetails perfectly with what we as an organisation believe are important focus points for the future of rhino protection. Proactive initiative, new thinking and a shared value system are just some of the plus points that have brought us...
What a privilege to have spent World Rhino Day 2022 with funding partners Artic Driers International who’s monthly contributions from sales go a long way towards assisting the ranger communities that dedicate their time to protecting our beloved rhinos.The Artic Driers Team is committed to protecting our endangered rhinos from extinction and has made it...
An effective communications system forms the backbone of any reserve’s conservation and protection efforts. This even more so across a large landscape with challenging mountainous terrain. Rangers rely on connectivity – radio’s, cellphones etc, for their routine daily work, but even more so to run various technologies and critical anti-poaching operations.Fluke Corporation's generous donation to...
Written by Elise SerfonteinAnyone following this crisis will know that corruption at all levels is killing rhinos and has been for years now. Systematic and specifically targeted infiltration to criminalize useful individuals to achieve criminal objectives. Calls for integrity management in state run reserves has been ping-ponged across the boardroom table for years now, as...
The dangers they face.Armed poachers, dangerous animals, life threatening situations.In the line of duty, protecting parks potentially comes at mortal cost, especially for rangers involved in anti-poaching.Has that ever, truly sunk in though?Its not until you watch a friend grab his rifle and backpack and run out the door as the radio reports shots fired,...
The Government of South Africa announced recently that 451 rhinos were killed by poachers in 2021. South Africa has lost more than 9,000 rhinos to poaching since the start of this crisis in 2007. Elise Serfontein, the International Rhino Foundation’s South Africa advisor and the Founding Director of StopRhinoPoaching.com, recently sat down to collect her...