Rhino syndicate trial marred by hooligan lawyers
Rhino poaching kingpin finally in the dock after 20 delays 24 April: Day 1 reporting by Tony Carnie of TimesLive. After more than 20 delays to his trial, alleged Zululand rhino horn kingpin Dumisani Gwala has stepped into the dock for charges related to the epidemic butchery of rhinos in KwaZulu-Natal. Gwala arrived at the […]
Zululand Observer: Hunt on for corrupt officials
Front page of Zululand Observer, 9 April 2019: Zulu Princess ‘Toya Delazy’ and Saving the Wild founder Jamie Joseph Blood Rhino Blacklist: Hunt for Corrupt Officials Tamlyn Jolly reports for Zululand Observer WHILE the world watches on in dismay as South Africa’s rhino population continues to plummet and rumours of syndicates involving corrupt court officials […]
Blood Rhino Blacklist: R50 000 Reward
5 April, page 4, Zululand Observer By Jamie Joseph I had no idea that fateful day in January 2017 who we were picking up from a shopping mall south of Pongola. The email sent to Saving the Wild had revealed that this person was a relative of Z.W. Ngwenya, notorious for representing rhino poachers in […]
Traitors among rangers
13 March 2019, Kruger National Park: I stood outside of Skukuza court observing the scene. A crowd of friends and family had gathered, waiting for the two Kruger field rangers to be released on bail. On Tuesday, 26 February, SANParks reported that “Kruger National Park (KNP) Rangers conducting anti-poaching operations in the south of the […]
D-Day looms for rhino accused
BYLINE: Orrin Singh | Zululand Observer PHOTO: Jamie Joseph | Saving the Wild ‘THE court will proceed with trial on 24 April 2019.’ Magistrate Zungu ruled with an iron fist last week when she presided over the case against alleged rhino poaching kingpin Dumisani Gwala on Thursday at the Mtubatuba Regional Court. In a case […]
Alleged rhino poaching kingpin trial, and the danger of trolls
Today, 21 February, Dumisani Gwala, the alleged rhino poaching kingpin of Zululand, attempted to change his defense attorney for the seventh time, a worn-out delay tactic that had been working since his arrest in 2014 for attempted murder of a police officer and dealing in rhino horn. Magistrate Zungu, presiding magistrate at Mtubatuba Court in […]
Blood Rhino Blacklist – Chapter 1 – Roll the Dice…
By Jamie Joseph I’ve been struggling to write a HAPPY New Year post. December is such an awful month in the poaching crisis, with the poachers Christmas shopping, and butchered elephants and rhinos decaying in the blistering heat. There is a war within wars that very few of us ever talk about..post traumatic stress, the […]
Saving the Wild End of Year Report (2018)
By Jamie Joseph Director’s Note Saving the Wild is the only environmental organization based in South Africa whose mandate is to pursue high level targets and expose the corruption enabling rhino poaching. Our intelligence driven operations are funded by just a handful of philanthropists and organizations, and we cannot thank our donors enough for believing […]
#StopRhinoKingpins: Gwala court slams retired advocate
Out today in Zululand Observer, by Orrin Singh The case against alleged rhino poaching kingpin Dumisani Gwala and his co accused has been postponed to the 12th of December to allow Gwala to secure legal representation. The air was thick with tension as a heavy police contingency kept a watchful eye on proceedings both in […]
Rhino poacher who shot at Kruger helicopter sentenced to 33 years in jail
By Jamie Joseph #JusticeForRhinos Friday 9 November 2018: When Mozambican Patrick Nkuna entered Skukuza court today, he did so with the weight of doom on his shoulders. After a slew of tactical delays dating back to his arrest in November 2015, including his demand for better Shangaan interpreters on three previous occasions, he could no […]