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Load reduction: Eskom cuts power in large parts of Soweto, Ivory Park

By Tara Penny

The utility said it’s implemented so-called "load reduction" to prevent networking overloading in these areas.

  • This handout photo released by Singapore's National Parks Board on 10 April 2019 and taken on 8 April 2019 shows confiscated sacks of pangolin scales in a holding area in Singapore. Picture: AFP

    Poaching could increase under virus lockdowns - watchdog

    The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) warned that criminal gangs were adapting to tighter border controls amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    747 days ago
  • A timeline looking at the dwindling numbers of the African elephant. Picture: AFP

    How African elephants have become endangered

    A timeline looking at the dwindling numbers of the African elephant.

    987 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Yahoo Japan to end ivory trade on its websites

    The decision follows the internet company's marketplace rivals Rakuten and Mercari adopting a ban in 2017.

    992 days ago
  • This handout picture released on 23 July 2019 by Singapore's National Parks Board shows seized ivory is seen at a holding area in Singapore. Picture: AFP

    Singapore to ban sale of elephant ivory from 2021

    The announcement on World Elephant Day followed two years of consultations with non-government groups, ivory retailers and the public.

    1008 days ago
  • Pair of handcuffs.

    Two men arrested for illegal possession of ivory tusks

    Members of the SAPS Flying Squad were busy with patrols when they made the arrests on Friday.

    1038 days ago
  • This picture released by Vietnam News Agency on 28 March 2019 shows Vietnamese customs officials inspecting seized suspected ivory inside a timber shipment in a warehouse in Danang. Picture: AFP

    Vietnam seizes 9 tonnes of suspected ivory from Congo

    Though it is illegal to buy and sell ivory in communist Vietnam, lax law enforcement has allowed the illicit trade to flourish on the black market.

    1144 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Uganda seizes ivory, pangolin scales worth an estimated $8 million

    Ugandan authorities started monitoring the cargo from the border while it was on its way to the capital, Kampala, on 24 January.

    1200 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN

    CT police raid nets illegal ivory worth R2.5m, abalone

    A man has been arrested for the possession of illegal ivory products worth more than R2 million in Milnerton Ridge.

    1271 days ago
  • FILE: A young elephant grazes in the Chobe River in Botswana's Chobe National Park. Picture: AFP

    Nearly 100 elephants killed for ivory in Botswana

    The wild pachyderms were shot with heavy-calibre rifles at watering spots near a popular wildlife sanctuary in the Okavango Delta.

    1349 days ago
  • Ivory Kingpin Feisal Mohamed Ali follows is pictured during his successful 20 year sentence appeal at a Mombasa Court on 3 August 2018. Picture: AFP

    Kenyan court releases man jailed for 20 years for ivory smuggling

    Judge Dorah Chepkwony said the sentence imposed on Mohamed Feisal, who was also fined 20 million shillings, was harsh as the minimum punishment set out by Kenyan law was a one-year jail term and 1 million shilling fine.

    1379 days ago
  • FILE: Ivory seized in Kenya. Picture: Supplied.

    Britain to ban ivory items regardless of their age

    New legislation will create the toughest ban on ivory in Europe and one of the toughest in the world, it said, with a prohibition on the sale of nearly all antiques containing ivory.

    1504 days ago
  • FILE: Ivory seized in Kenya. Picture: Supplied.

    Leading ivory trade investigator found dead in Kenya

    Esmond Bradley-Martin, 75, had spent decades tracking the movement of animal products, mostly from Africa to markets in Asia.

    1561 days ago
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    China ban on ivory sales begins Sunday, aims to curb elephant poaching

    China has made a big push to eradicate ivory sales and demand has fallen since early 2014 because of a crackdown on corruption and slower economic growth.

    1599 days ago
  • Robert Mugabe International Airport. Picture: Google Earth/Alexander Lapshin/Panaramio

    Zimbabwe seizes 200kg of ivory destined for Malaysia

    The ivory was stashed in four boxes at Robert Mugabe International Airport.

    1615 days ago
  • FILE: Kenyan police officers inspect around 300 pieces of ivory, including 228 elephant tusks on 5 June, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    This seed can be made to look like ivory. So could it save the elephant?

    Tagua seeds, also known as “vegetable ivory”, are an off-white colour and can be carved and turned into ornaments and jewellery much like elephant ivory.

    1793 days ago
  • FILE: Ivory seized in Kenya. Picture: Supplied.

    Ivory smugglers bust by African task team

    In 2015 alone 32 tonnes of ivory were seized in south-east Asia coming from East and West African ports.

    1799 days ago
  • Picture: Twitter/@SAPoliceService.

    Suspected ivory peddlers arrested in Kuils River

    Three foreign nationals were arrested after they were found one rhino horn, a lion's tooth and ivory balls.

    1950 days ago
  • FILE: Ivory. Picture: Supplied.

    [LISTEN] The consequences of China's ivory trade ban

    China has announced that it will ban all domestic ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017.

    1950 days ago
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