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Suspected rhino poacher to appear in court

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:25:27 +0000

Pretoria: 30 November2015 – A 35-year old Mozambican national is expected to appear tomorrow in absentia in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested at the weekend for trespassing and for unlawful possession a firearm and ammunition. The suspect was found by the Kruger National Park’s rangers in the Crocodile Bridge Section, not far […]

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More suspects in Mpumalanga court for rhino poaching

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 06:51:24 +0000

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 on Friday. In the first incident three suspects, Simon Tembe, […]

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Police, parks partnership deal blows to poachers

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:27:03 +0000

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 tackle the illegal poaching of the rhino head on, the […]

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Rhino task team nab two suspects in the Kruger National Park

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:24:50 +0000

Pretoria: 27 October 2015 – Police detectives from the Kruger National Park Rhino Task Team have last week arrested two men, both in their thirties, for possession of unlicensed firearm, ammunition and dangerous weapon with an intention to commit crime. They were caught by the park’s rangers in the Satara area of the Kruger National […]

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11 Years imprisonment for rhino poachers

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:11:57 +0000

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, 31 August 2015, after being arrested in the Kruger National […]

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Three Suspected Rhino Poachers Arrested

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:12:01 +0000

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 32 year old Mozambican male were arrested at their place […]

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Rhino horns found in Mozambique to be tested in South Africa

admin — Thu, 28 May 2015 06:07:14 +0000

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 in that country to be tested to establish if they […]

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Two rhino poachers recovering in hospital

admin — Tue, 12 May 2015 09:13:45 +0000

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 separate areas but not without resistance in the form of […]

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Foreign nationals sentenced for rhino poaching

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:44:23 +0000

Pretoria: Today, the Acting National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, Major General Yoliswa Siyotula, applauded the Organised Crime Unit of the Hawks in Mpumalanga for securing two convictions against two rhino poachers. Yesterday, the White River Periodical Court handed down an eight-year sentence to Alvao Fagustino Sifundza from Mozambique for rhino poaching. […]

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