Mere weeks after Cyclone Idai left tens of thousands of people displaced and over 1 000 people deceased, Cyclone Kenneth, the strongest cyclone in the country’s history, made landfall in northern Mozambique on 21 April 2019. An estimated...
The unintended victims of a hidden killer
Holding it in your hand, it doesn’t look like much. It is just a piece of wire, with a loop here and there. Place this wire in the hands of wildlife poachers though, and it becomes one of Africa’s most deadly weapons. We have remov...
Borders are barriers no more
In the early morning hours of 5 November 2018, Kruger National Park (KNP) rangers received an alert that poachers were operating in the Shingwedzi Section of the park. Anti-poaching units reacted swiftly and engaged in brief contact with th...
Rangers are taking back their park
Mozambique, 31 August 2018 – The perseverance of ranger forces in Limpopo National Park (LNP) has resulted in the successful apprehension and arrest of two suspected rhino poachers in the north of the Park’s Intensive Protection Zo...
Guarding Limpopo National Park’s Carnivores
A new carnivore protection ranger force, the Limpopo Lion Protection Team, has had significant successes in the first few weeks of their deployment in the Limpopo National Park, a core component of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservati...