The South African Police Service (SAPS) members who have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces as part of Operation Rhino, have arrested a total of eight suspects in the past seven days for possession of firearms, hijackings, conspiracy to poach and possession of…
Pretoria: 20 November 2015 - Yesterday four men appeared in the White River Magistrate's Court in Mpumalanga after they were caught hunting rhino in the Kruger National Park. The men, all of whom are foreigners and in their early twenties, where caught out by the park's rangers…
Pretoria : 3 November 2015 - The close working relationship between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the National Parks in fighting the scourge of rhino poaching in the country is proving to be a potent force in dealing serious blows to poachers. To…
Pretoria: 2 September 2015 – Two suspected rhino poachers have been sentenced to a total of 11 years imprisonment for their crimes. Phinias Sithole (23) and France Nkuna (22), who are Mozambican nationals, were convicted and sentenced at the White River Magistrate Court on Monday,…
Preetoria: 12 June 2015 - The South African Police Service's National Intervention Unit and Mpumalanga Tracking Team pounced on three suspected rhino poachers in the early hours of this morning, 12 June 2015, in Acornhoek, Mpumalanga. A 30 year old South African male and a…
Two more suspects arrested for rhino poaching related crimes will appear in court after members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and South African National Parks (SANParks) rangers arrested them in two separate incidents in Mpumalanga. Carlos Mathebula (34) will appear at the Skukuza…
Pretoria: 28 May 2015 – Following the arrest of a Chinese national in Mozambique, the South African Police Service’s Rhino Task Team (task team) based at the Kruger National Park will work closely with Mozambican authorities to have the DNA samples of rhino horns found…
Two suspected rhino poachers are recovering in hospital after a shootout ensued at the Kruger National Park last week after the suspects were found trespassing in the park in Mpumalanga. Mozambican national Carlos Ngwane and Victor Mashile, whose nationality is not known, were arrested in…
“Beware the Avalanche (Part 1)” A Special Assignment investigation. There are many myths about ‘indlovu’, the elephant, whose size and majesty make it invincible except to man’s cruelty and greed. In African fables it is the wise ancestral chief; in life, deserving respect; in death,…