We are all so quick to shout “kill the poachers” but we have to stop and look at who is behind the poachers. Here are a few amongst others- Walther Slippers, Thormahlen, Marnus Steyl, Gert Saaiman, Christiaan van Wyk, George Fletcher, Frans van Deventer.
Dawie Groenewald and Hugo Ras have been in the news of late with the Ras court case coming up. Let’s have a look at their history of criminal activities.
DAWIE GROENEWALD
Dawie Groenewald is the head of a rhino poaching and trafficking syndicate known in South Africa as the “Groenewald Gang” or “Musina Mafia” was arrested along with his wife, Sariette, veterinarians, Karel Toet and Manie du Plessis, as well as a group of so- called professional hunters, for his alleged involvement in the illegal rhino horn trade. Shortly after Dawie’s arrest in 2010, 20 dehorned rhinos were found in a mass grave on his property (a 10,600 acre farm in Musina, L
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