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A safari park tracker searching for wild game for rich tourists was ambushed by two lions and eaten alive as he followed the tracks of a pair of cheetahs. Malibongwe Mfila, 27, had seen the tracks divert off the dirt road he was following in his jeep and stopped to follow where they went on foot. But within just 20 metres two young male lions who were lying camouflaged in a thicket leaped out and dragged him to the ground before beginning to eat him.  The lions were subsequently shot, a police...

Jon Minster A 27-year-old game tracker has been killed by lions while on duty at a game reserve in Limpopo. The tracker reportedly left his vehicle to follow cheetah tracks, when he was attacked by two male lions. The lions have been euthanised after the attack.  A tracker has been killed by lions in a game reserve in the Waterberg district of Limpopo. Malibongwe Mfila, 27, employed at Marataba Safari Lodge, was attacked and killed by lions on Sunday on the Marataba Contractual National Park ...

Dorine Reinstein For the past few years, luxury tourism in Africa has revolved around exclusivity, sustainability, conservation and community upliftment. Many companies, however, were said to pay lip service to sustainability without being truly committed. Tourism industry players agree that if Covid-19 has had any positive effects, it is that the pandemic will pave the way for true sustainability and conservation.  James Haigh, head of sales at Lemala, said the luxury tourism companies that t...

A Peebles drug dealer has been jailed after appearing in Selkirk Sheriff Court A BORDERS drug dealer has been jailed for 15 months. Gavin Murray, 25, of Peebles, pleaded guilty at Selkirk Sheriff Court to being concerned in the supply of heroin at houses in George Terrace and Dalatho Crescent in Peebles between June 8 and November 13. He also admitted possession of a lock knife in Whitehaugh Park in Peebles on June 8. In June a warrant was executed and 12 wraps of diamorphine were found...

Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Two men have denied assaulting and robbing another man at knifepoint at a house in Lochgelly last year. Richard Grant, 34, a prisoner at Low Moss, and Sebastian Walls, 48, of Carden Castle Park, Cardenden, stand accused of repeatedly punching and kicking another man on the head and body, repeatedly striking him on the head and body with metal poles, brandishing a knife at him a...

Ina Opperman If insurers pay out our claims now, we can rebuild the industry. They are now tested to show who they are ... It is not honourable to withhold our payments. Some restaurants on the popular Melville strip remain closed, 22 August 2020.  Picture: Tracy Lee Stark  “Put your money where your mouth is, Santam,” Rosemary Anderson, MD of Stonehaven ...