SA Rhino Blog

01 Feb 2012

Stiff jail sentences for rhino poachers welcomed

Phalaborwa Regional Court sentences three rhino poachers to a maximum of 25 years’ imprisonment on various counts WATER and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa on Wednesday welcomed the Phalaborwa Regional Court’s decision...

26 Jan 2012

Public hearings on rhino poaching aim to find solutions

Parliament’s portfolio committee on water and environmental affairs held public hearings on Thursday on possible solutions to rhino poaching. Eleven rhinos have been killed in South Africa since the start...

20 Jan 2012

Rhino poaching: what is the solution?

There are several practical and highly profitable ways to end the slaughter of Africa’s rhinos, writes Michael Eustace IN 1910, South Africa was said to have 100 white rhinos. With...

20 Jan 2012

Trial date set for rhino horn accused

The trial of a Free State game farmer and two Thai men accused of hunting rhino and exporting their horns to South East Asia will proceed in June. The date...

16 Jan 2012

Kruger needs R400m to safeguard rhino

SANParks says it will need an investment of close to R400m to beef up security in the Kruger National Park if it is to make any progress in its war...

12 Jan 2012

Target poaching kingpins, WWF urges

Cape Town – Investigators need to do more to take down the kingpins of rhino poaching syndicates, the WWF urged on Monday. CEO of WWF-South Africa, Dr Morné du Plessis,...

12 Jan 2012

Zim minister ‘astonished’ by poaching claims

Harare – A minister in Zimbabwe’s shaky coalition government says he is “astonished” by police claims that his vehicle was used by rhino poachers who are also accused of killing...