Sipho Mabena The endangered pangolin. Picture: Michel Bega In what could be the harshest sentence ever in a pangolin poaching case, the Pretoria Magistrate s Court has slapped Orateng Mekwe with 10 years behind bars without the option of a fine. He and co-accused, Jealous Rungano, a Zimbabwean national sentenced to three years in prison, were this week found guilty and sentenced of contravening the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act. The two also found guilty of carrying out a restricted activity pertaining to the illegal trade of pangolins. Also Read: Breaking down the illegal world of pangolin trafficking and trade Professor Rey Jansen, of the Faculty of Science at.
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A pangolin’s life is hanging by a thread after she was rescued from the claws of six poachers in a bust last week in Kyalami. The pangolin, known as Kya, was rescued in a sting operation at Kyalami Corner where six suspects were arrested. The suspects will soon make their second appearance in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court for their formal bail applications. Kya was the fourth pangolin to be rescued this year. The first bust happened in Kempton Park at the beginning of the year and the other two in the Northern Cape – one in Upington and the other.
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Alleged pangolin traffickers arrested in Kyalami while looking for a buyer
By Jehran Naidoo
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Durban - Six alleged pangolin traffickers aged between 30 and 43, were arrested by the Hawks on Wednesday in Kyalami, north of Johannesburg.
The arrest came as a result of a collaborative effort between the Hawks Wildlife Trafficking unit and NGO Pangolin Africa, an initiative of the University of Pretoria.
Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha said in a statement on Thursday that the six men were arrested at the Kyalami Corner shopping complex.
“The unsuspecting syndicate aged between 30 and 43 was pounced upon when they were in the process of looking for a buyer of one of the most protected and vulnerable species,” Ramovha said.