Activist journalism can save the wild
May 11, 2016
By Jamie Joseph Fear is like fire; it can burn you or it can fuel you. As an activist I fear bearing witness to the extinction of an iconic species far...
South Africa rejects rhino horn legalization
April 22, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Andrew Harmon, WildAid Communications Director SOUTH AFRICA REJECTS RHINO HORN LEGALIZATION CAPE TOWN (April 21, 2016) – Ending months of speculation, South African officials said Thursday that they...
#ConvictGwalaRhinoKingpin – Next court appearance 23 May
April 19, 2016
Alleged KwaZulu-Natal rhino poaching kingpin, Dumisani Gwala, appeared in Ngwelezane Magistrates Court on Friday just outside of Empangeni. It was expected that trial dates would be announced, but once again...
Thuli Madonsela opens a preliminary investigation into corruption enabling rhino poaching
April 10, 2016
Please share this breaking news. #ConvictGwalaRhinoKingpin #2016YearOfTheRhino #ThuliMadonsela By Jamie Joseph The Public Protector of South Africa, Thuli Madonsela, has decided to conduct a preliminary investigation into my case...
Phinda: Rural communities are saving rhinos
April 6, 2016
“The power of the community is incredible. They can shut down a national road. They can block poachers until we have time to get there with the police and make...
Toya Delazy on a mission to save the rhino, one human at a time
March 17, 2016
By Jamie Joseph In December I completed a 14 week ‘solving poverty saves wildlife’ expedition across Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya and South Africa, living among rural communities and shadowing farmers and anti...
Justice system in the crosshairs as alleged rhino poaching kingpin goes to court
March 8, 2016
By Jamie Joseph While rhino poaching in KwaZulu-Natal is in fast forward, the prosecutorial system in some areas appears to have gone into reverse. Many of the worrying poaching cases are...
Saving the Wild Fundraiser
February 26, 2016
For the last couple years Jamie Joseph has been writing stories from the frontline of Africa's poaching crisis. Last month on the 28th of January she published a story exposing...
#ConvictGwalaRhinoKingpin – Behind the scenes
February 1, 2016
By Jamie Joseph / #2016YearOfTheRhino #ConvictGwalaRhinoKingpin During the midnight hours on the 28th of January I was planning the final moves of my getaway, because I knew six hours later I...
Alleged rhino poaching kingpin, and magistrate who keeps him out of jail
January 28, 2016
By Jamie Joseph | #ConvictGwalaRhinoKingpin According to the special operations team that arrested Dumisani Gwala, he is the leader of KwaZulu-Natal’s biggest rhino poaching syndicate, and it is believed about 80...