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Jail sentence for poacher
The armed intruder was apprehended in iSimagnaliso Wertland Park last year.
Musa Sibiya from Nongoma was found with a hunting rifle and ammunition in uMkhuze Game Reserve, part of iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
THE iSimangaliso Wetland Park management has applauded the stiff jail sentence handed down to an illegal hunter who had been apprehended in the park last year.
Musa Sibiya (36), from Nongoma, received an effective ten-year jail sentence when he was convicted by Magistrate Norman Nkosi in the Pongola Regional Court on Wednesday last week.
During the trial, evidence established that Sibiya and an unknown companion, who managed to evade capture, had unlawfully entered iSimangaliso’s uMkhuze section on October 18 last year.
When he had been arrested by the Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife field rangers, he had been found to be in possession of a high-powered hunting rifle and silencer, live ammunition, an axe, hacksaw and binoculars. These are tools typically used for poaching black and white rhino.
Sibaya was sentenced to 10 years’ jail time for the unlawful possession of a hunting rifle and nine live rounds of ammunition. He received a further two-year sentence for trespassing that will run concurrently with the 10-year sentence.
iSimangaliso chief executive Andrew Zaloumis said the sentence sent out a clear message to illegal hunters trespassing in South Africa’s first world heritage site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
“Black rhinos are categorised as rare and endangered by the IUCN, which means they could become extinct in our lifetime. The black rhino population in iSimangaliso’s uMkhuze section is original, making it one of the most genetically valuable black rhino populations globally.”
Effective law enforcement was a critical part of iSimangaliso’s campaign to save these rhino. This conviction had resulted from the good work of Ezemvelo rangers under very challenging conditions.
Two more uMkhuze poaching cases resulting from Ezemvelo rangers’ effectiveness were currently on the roll, one for rhino poaching and another for other game, he added
Mr Sibiya was defended by a lawyer from the Legal Aid Board. The Public Prosecutor was Nkululeku Mathenjwa of the Regional Court, Pongola.
SOURCE: http://southcoastherald.co.za/145599/stiff-message-to-poachers/
The armed intruder was apprehended in iSimagnaliso Wertland Park last year.
Musa Sibiya from Nongoma was found with a hunting rifle and ammunition in uMkhuze Game Reserve, part of iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
THE iSimangaliso Wetland Park management has applauded the stiff jail sentence handed down to an illegal hunter who had been apprehended in the park last year.
Musa Sibiya (36), from Nongoma, received an effective ten-year jail sentence when he was convicted by Magistrate Norman Nkosi in the Pongola Regional Court on Wednesday last week.
During the trial, evidence established that Sibiya and an unknown companion, who managed to evade capture, had unlawfully entered iSimangaliso’s uMkhuze section on October 18 last year.
When he had been arrested by the Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife field rangers, he had been found to be in possession of a high-powered hunting rifle and silencer, live ammunition, an axe, hacksaw and binoculars. These are tools typically used for poaching black and white rhino.
Sibaya was sentenced to 10 years’ jail time for the unlawful possession of a hunting rifle and nine live rounds of ammunition. He received a further two-year sentence for trespassing that will run concurrently with the 10-year sentence.
iSimangaliso chief executive Andrew Zaloumis said the sentence sent out a clear message to illegal hunters trespassing in South Africa’s first world heritage site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
“Black rhinos are categorised as rare and endangered by the IUCN, which means they could become extinct in our lifetime. The black rhino population in iSimangaliso’s uMkhuze section is original, making it one of the most genetically valuable black rhino populations globally.”
Effective law enforcement was a critical part of iSimangaliso’s campaign to save these rhino. This conviction had resulted from the good work of Ezemvelo rangers under very challenging conditions.
Two more uMkhuze poaching cases resulting from Ezemvelo rangers’ effectiveness were currently on the roll, one for rhino poaching and another for other game, he added
Mr Sibiya was defended by a lawyer from the Legal Aid Board. The Public Prosecutor was Nkululeku Mathenjwa of the Regional Court, Pongola.
SOURCE: http://southcoastherald.co.za/145599/stiff-message-to-poachers/
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