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DA: Ann McDonnell on #KZNRhino: Premier must release Task Team report as 2017 poaching figures eclipse those from last year

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DA: Ann McDonnell on #KZNRhino: Premier must release Task Team report as 2017 poaching figures eclipse those from last year

KZN Willies Mchunu
KZN Willies Mchunu

14th December 2017

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The Democratic Alliance today calls on KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Willies Mchunu, to release the long-awaited Task Team report on rhino poaching in the province in a bid to curb the mass killings of these magnificent animals.

The move comes after the recent release of the province’s latest rhino poaching stats by KZN Ezemvelo Wildlife. According to the entity, 218 rhino have been slaughtered this year to date – 37 more rhino than in 2016.

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Our rhino are being wiped out and this is where the rubber has to hit the road, starting with the Premier. While the DA welcomes the recent arrests of some 150 poaching suspects, the problem is that they are seldom tried or convicted.

Poaching is a serious crime, not only against rhino, but also against KZN’s economy.

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The ongoing case against alleged poaching kingpin, Dumisani Gwala, in the Ngwelezane magistrate’s court is a case in point after having been remanded countless times during the past five years on what appear to be spurious grounds.

This is not justice and the hard work of making arrests must be extremely demoralising to rangers in particular.

It is critical that the Premier release the results from the task team so that proactive steps can be taken to protect our rhino. The group comprises various experts, including members of the Justice cluster, who were brought in to look at the entire chain of the crime and there can be no doubt that they have valuable information to share.

It is therefore difficult to understand why this report, due for release in September, remains under wraps. The DA expects the Premier to act. Every day that passes is another day too late.

 

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