SAPS, SANDF & SANParks Employees Involved in Poaching

[Lisbeth]

[Dindingwe]

Well done these arrests
Sentences must be examplary against them.

[Flutterby]

[Richprins]

Case against former ranger to resume
They were arrested after a white rhino was poached in the Kingfisherspruit area.
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Rodney Landela in court in 2017.




SKUKUZA – The trial of Rodney Landela, a former Kruger National Park (KNP) regional ranger, will only resume again on July 17.
Mariana Balt


The case against him and his co-accused, Kenneth Motshotsho, was moved last week from the Skukuza Regional Court to the Mhala Court in Thulamahashe near Acornhoek.

The pair have been on trial since July 2016. After being denied bail in the Lowveld’s regional courts, alleged poacher Landela was granted bail in the Mpumalanga High Court in December 2017.

The two were arrested after a white rhino was poached in the Kingfisherspruit area. Both its horns had been removed.

Their case was originally heard by Dr Andries Lamprecht in the Skukuza Regional Court, but postponed several times during his illness.

After his eventual passing away on March 18, 2018, the trial had to start over. Further delays occurred while the prosecution waited to hear whether a temporary magistrate would be appointed permanently before witnesses would start testifying again.

https://lowvelder.co.za/476339/case-aga ... to-resume/

[Lisbeth]

These trials last too long

[RogerFraser]

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South African National Parks
Admin

FORMER SANPARKS EMPLOYEE ARRESTED ON POACHING CHARGES
South African National Parks, today announced a significant breakthrough in the fight against rhino poaching. The arrest of a high profile individual alongside his accomplice, another poaching suspect, was affected in the Tshokwane Section on 1 May 2019, in an intelligence driven anti-poaching operation.
The high profile suspect is a former Corporal in the Rangers Services and was dismissed in 2014, after a disciplinary process on unrelated charges. A high caliber hunting rifle, ammunition and poaching equipment was recovered on the scene.
Reacting to the arrests, the Managing Executive of the Kruger National Park said “we are proud of the work done by all involved in this operation while the world was celebrating International Worker’s Day”. We have been after this particular individual for some time now, and we are happy that he has been captured and we will wait for the law to take its course. We call on the justice system to consider the severe damage that is being done by criminals, not only to the sustainability of our rhino populations but also the long term threat to the tourism industry of this country and mete out harsh sentences” concluded Phillips.
The suspects will appear in court in due course as soon as charges have been formally filed.
In another operation on 02 May 2019 Malelane Rangers, supported by the KNP K9 Unit and the Airwing made contact with two suspected poachers in a follow up operation. The suspects were arrested and a heavy caliber hunting rifle, ammunition and poaching equipment were recovered at the scene.

[Richprins]

It is not the first time these farkers come back into the Park to carry on slaughter!

[Lisbeth]

At least they have started commenting on it.

[Alf]

Lock them up for a very long time please

[Lisbeth]

At the end but the court case might last for 10 years