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Sipho Mabena The endangered pangolin. Picture: Michel Bega In what could be the harshest sentence ever in a pangolin poaching case, the Pretoria Magistrates Court has slapped Orateng Mekwe with 10 years behind bars without the option of a fine. He and co-accused, Jealous Rungano, a Zimbabwean national sentenced to three years in prison, were this week found guilty and sentenced of contrav...

Picture for illustrative purposes: Michel Bega A pangolin’s life is hanging by a thread after she was rescued from the claws of six poachers in a bust last week in Kyalami. The pangolin, known as Kya, was rescued in a sting operation at Kyalami Corner where six suspects were arrested. The suspects will soon make their second appearance in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court for their formal bail applications. Kya was the fourth ...

Alleged pangolin traffickers arrested in Kyalami while looking for a buyer By Jehran Naidoo Share Durban - Six alleged pangolin traffickers aged between 30 and 43, were arrested by the Hawks on Wednesday in Kyalami, north of Johannesburg. The arrest came as a result of a collaborative effort between the Hawks Wildlife Trafficking unit and NGO Pangolin Africa, an initiative of the University of Pretoria. Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha said in a statement on Thursday that the s...

weekly newspaper. It has been a big year for the pangolin: the glaring stage light of Covid-19 has fallen on this shy, scaly mammal as the possible source of the virus that has brought the world to its knees. In February last year, Daily Maverick broke the story linking pangolins as the likeliest vector of Covid-19 via bats to humans. The exact source has not been confirmed yet, but the attention, though it comes from panic and fear, might be the best thing that ever happened to what has been ...

Lesser-known facts about the ancient, ghostly pangolin  Nica Richards Picture: Michel Bega Trying to get the number of wild pangolins ‘is like trying to count a ghost – it is almost impossible’. Pangolins are some of the world’s oldest inhabitants, but illegal trade ma...

A hospital ward in Johannesburg is being fitted with hi-tech equipment for patients who live in extreme danger.

fiber_manual_recordLifestyle Theres (still) a hippo on the loose in Fourways! Heres what you need to know 19 January 2021 2:27 PM Share This: It seems that its much easier to get a quote from Hippo.co.za than to find an actual hippo on the loose in Fourways! Authorities are still hard at work looking for the elusive hippo in the Chartwell area, near the suburbs of Fourways. Hippos are one of the largest land mammals on earth and, while they may appear to be slow, they can run at 30 kilometres ...

Search continues for hippo spotted around Fourways An unusual call was made to the Gauteng agriculture department after several sightings of the animal in the area. The Fourways hippo is safe and sound back home. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter 95 days ago JOHANNESBURG - The search for a stray hippo continues with conservation officials calling on the public to report the whereabouts of the animal, which w...