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26 May 2021 | Environment SOLD: The Marula Game Ranch has captured and moved a herd of 13 elephants from the Erindi Private Game Reserve after buying them in 2016. Photo: ERINDI ELLANIE Smit WINDHOEK A herd of 13 elephants has been bought, captured and moved from the Erindi Private Game Reserve to the Marula Game Ranch near Dordabis, which is owned by Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov. The massive operation happened last week after Marula initially bought seven elephants from Erindi in 2016 during an auction of the private game ranch. The general manager of Marula Game Ranch, Johan Kotze, ...

21 May 2021 | Environment GET THEM OUT: Farmers have been ordered to remove their cattle from the Bwabwata National Park. PHOTO: NAMPA KENYA KAMBOWE RUNDU An order by the environment ministry for Kavango farmers to remove their cattle from the Bwabwata National Park has reignited a debate about the ownership of the park. The Hambukushu community plans to meet at Divundu today to pile pressure on the government to recognise them as the owners of the park. In 1999, the cabinet decided that no cattle may be allowed in the park, mainly to prevent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The Ham...

21 May 2021 | Environment PROTECT: The Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is the largest transfrontier park in the world. Photo: KAZA ELLANIE SMIT WINDHOEK The exploration of oil and gas within the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) formed part of the discussions at the during the 12th KAZA TFCA ministers’ committee meeting. Tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta said in his opening statement during the meeting that the issue of oil and gas exploration in the KAZA TFCA is an important matter and as ministers responsible for the KAZA TFCA they ...