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Spa visited by Minister Mahlobo also a brothel?
The Hawks have reportedly said that the 'massage parlour', which was called a spa by Minister David Mahlobo, appears to also be a brothel.
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Yahoo Japan defies calls to rethink ivory sales as Yahoo Inc CEO weighs in
Yahoo Japan doesn't accept that ivory sold on its platform is a factor behind the sharp rise in poaching on the African savannah.
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[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.
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Zimbabwe: Lost cellphone leads cops to alleged poacher
The man, who is accused of illegally hunting a rhino, is said to have dropped his cellphone in the Bubye Valley Conservancy after the hunt.
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Corruption compromises rhino poaching fight - dept
The Department Environmental Affairs says they have found farmers, vets, police and even government officials implicated in rhino poaching.
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‘Fewer rhinos killed in 2016’
However, the Outraged South African Citizens Against Poaching Organisation says it’s still concerned about the peak in rhino killings this festive season.
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Chinese national bust at ORTIA with 18 rhino horns
Authorities recovered the 18 rhino horns weighing 43 kilograms during a routine search.
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Six rhino poaching suspects expected in court
The men were taken into custody during a police operation in Ngodwana at the weekend.
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2 cops among 6 arrested for rhino poaching in Mpumalanga
The two detectives were picking up the four suspected rhino poachers outside a game reserve when they were all arrested.
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Mahlobo to answer to Parly over Mcebo Dlamini ‘visits’
State Security Minister David Mahlobo said the Wits student activist had visited his house on several occasions but later disputed his own claim.
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Mahlobo must go, says civil organisation Right2Know
A documentary reported how a self-confessed rhino poacher boasted that Minister David Mahlobo is a regular at his Mpumalanga spa.
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Cabinet: Police probe claims of Mahlobo link to rhino poachers
Cabinet has confirmed allegations of illegal rhino-horn trade against the state security minister are being investigated.
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Mahlobo says claims he's involved in illegal rhino horn trade require proof
The minister is adamant a documentary implying he had close ties with a rhino horn smuggling syndicate is devoid of truth.
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I’m not above the law, says Minister Mahlobo
The State Security Minister says he will subject himself to any legal process flowing from allegations of his involvement in illegal rhino horn trade.
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[OPINION] Who will guard the guardians?
Judith February says Jacob Zuma’s world is a place with no accountability or transparency.
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Mahlobo: Photo not evidence of wrong-doing
State Security Minister Mahlobo says his encounters with an alleged rhino horn smuggler were not of business in nature but purely pleasure.
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Mahlobo invites police to probe rhino poaching links against him
Minister David Mahlobo denies that he knows or is friends with the Chinese national linked to rhino poaching.
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[LISTEN] David Mahlobo denies criminal rhino poaching connection
It’s believed the minister had close ties with a Chinese businessman in Mbombela, who allegedly smuggles rhino horn to Beijing.
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Vietnam destroys mass rhino horns and elephant ivory
The specimens came from about 330 African elephants and 23 rhinos, said Humane Society International.
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Experts to crackdown on illegal rhino horn trade in Vietnam, Mozambique
The two countries have with the highest profiles on the illegal trade of rhino horn.
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Chinese man caught with 3 rhino horns questioned
The 48-year-old was about to board a flight to Hong Kong with the horns worth an estimated R12.5m.