Hwange Land Takeover Threatens Presidential Elephants

SW Radio Africa | 7 April, 2014 | Adam Cruise

Hwange, Zimbabwe – Fresh concerns have been raised over the safety of Zimbabwe’s famous herd of Presidential Elephants after it has emerged that state land bordering on the Hwange National Park has been ‘acquired’ and closed off. Speculation is rife… Full Story ?

SA Breaking News | 2 April, 2014 | Sharon Van Wyk

Has a highly suspicious plan to develop an open-cast copper mine in the heart of Zambia’s Lower Zambezi National Park proved the undoing of the country’s former tourism minister Sylvia Masebo? Masebo was fired by Zambia’s president, Michael Sata, last… Full Story ?

Department of Environmental Affairs | 2014 | Andrew Taylor, Kirsty Brebner, Rynette Coetzee, Harriet Davies-Mostert, Peter Lindsey, Jo Shaw & Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes

INTRODUCTION: In 2010 the Department of Environmental Affairs commissioned a feasibility study to determine the viability of the legalisation of the trade in rhino horn in South Africa. Herewith, is the submitted report. View the full report here: The viability… Full Story ?