It’s an unwelcome victory for the illegal rhino trade, according to conservationists, who say this move will make ivory more popular on the black market. Continue reading…
A well known campaigner fighting against poaching in Africa, who has exposed high level corruption in poaching, at diplomatic and ministerial level, has had to flee her country and seek refuge in Ireland. However more than 8 months after arriving in secret, she is stuck in limbo and her work, safety and charity have been badly compromised. Meanwhile countless other migrants from Africa have arrived after her and been processed ahead of her, in an Asylum system which even some Irish people find embarrassing. Continue reading…
I would like to update people quickly on the situation in Zimbabwe. I have put dozens of new photographs of the situation in Zimbabwe in the photo gallery on my website. It contains a satellite image showing the devastation there which must surely be unmatched, in the history of the world. I doubt anything short of nuclear bombs could do more damage. Continue reading…
The high prices and high demand for abalone, coupled with impoverished fishing communities and, in some instances, a failure by the state in granting of fishing rights have led to endemic poaching along our coastline.
South Africa, has for a long time, essentially failed to protect this resource from the illegal pillage it faces from organized syndicates. Continue reading…
One of South Africa’s top anti-rhino poaching cops has been fired on allegedly “trumped-up charges” and is now unemployed and looking for a job. “It is appalling … the whole thing is a circus,” Warrant Officer JP van Zyl-Roux’s attorney Jacques Botha told The Witness. After 29 years in the police force, the latter 10.. Continue reading…
South African wildlife rangers are searching for four male lions that escaped from a national park which had escaped from Kruger National Park on Sunday night and were last seen in the village of Matsulu, South African National Parks said in a statement. It warned residents to “exercise extra caution”. It is not yet clear how the.. Continue reading…
South Africans are very quick to blame Asian buyers for the flourishing trade in rhino horns and elephant tusks, but demand for illegal wildlife products is equally strong back home. A video, released to Traveller24, reveals the sickening reality that all types of wild animals – many of them endangered – are sought after in.. Continue reading…
Has the SA Navy been Bribed or are they asleep? 6 Chinese Trawlers caught disappearing off radar in Sardine Run off Transkei coast by member of public with cellphone and R50 App. Can someone explain to me why, as an armchair warrior with a cellphone and a cheap android application I can identify at.. Continue reading…
Southern Africans Should Heed Events of the Invasion of Europe by Refugees, as they too, unwittingly, are victims of the same crime against humanity as thousands flee Zimbabwe to South Africa as manufactured poverty deepens… BY 4.30am hordes of buses from all over Zimbabwe descend on the Beitbridge Border Post — reportedly the busiest inland.. Continue reading…
China Is Africa’s New Colonial Overlord, Said Famed Primate Researcher Jane Goodall Back In 2008. Everday the Asian Tiger’s spots are becoming clearer and clearer and reach way back into the continents history. A look at the start of anti-colonial (anti-white or anti-west) sentiment and farm murders in Zimbabwe is certainly a blueprint for what.. Continue reading…
A study conducted by American medical professionals using data from the World Health organisation and Cambridge University’s Small Arms Survey, found the top countries with the most guns per 100 people and total firearm-related deaths per 100,000. The key focus of the study was on the USA, and its hotly contested debate surrounding gun control,.. Continue reading…
An horrific incident which recently took place on the N1 highway in the Grasmere area has instilled concern in FleetWatch that trucks are becoming targets by some sectors of society for ‘free shopping’ writes Patrick O’Leary. It is well known that when a truck carrying goods ‘falls over’, everyone in the immediate vicinity rushes to.. Continue reading…
When South Africa’s deputy president bid on a two million dollar buffalo in 2012, he was criticized for being extravagant in a country suffering from widespread poverty. Two years later, Cyril Ramaphosa is more active than ever in the game breeding industry, raking in over $2.6-million dollars for three of his white-flanked impala sold at.. Continue reading…
Chinese ivory traffickers now established in all African countries – Out Of Africa report A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. The report, called Out of Africa; Criminalisation of the African Ivory Trade, was commissioned.. Continue reading…