13-05-2025
Former Kruger National Park ranger and accomplice nabbed for illegal hunting
Former Kruger National Park ranger and accomplice nabbed for illegal hunting
Two men, a former South African National Parks (SANParks) corporal ranger and a known crime offender, appeared in the Masoyi Periodical Court in Mpumalanga yesterday on charges of hunting and trespassing.
Mpumalanga News reports that the case was postponed to Thursday for a formal bail application.
Alfred Khosa (59) and Kenneth Ntimane (37) were arrested in Skukuza on Sunday.
According to provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jabu Ndubane, the arrests were made after field rangers discovered the tracks of four people, and initiated a search in Block 19 in the Skukuza area of the Kruger National Park.
Ndubane says the rangers pursued the suspects and apprehended two, but the other two escaped.
The arrested suspects were found in possession of an impala head, a dead warthog and seven snares. Ndubane says they failed to produce a valid hunting permit.
'The former ranger had previously worked in the park. He was dismissed in 2021 for conspiracy to commit a crime, which is a matter still being heard in the Skukuza Regional Court. At the time of his arrest, he was found wearing a Kruger ranger's uniform,' she says.
The police have, however, not ruled out the possibility of adding further charges.
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