Southern Africa: Rhino Poaching - Will Government Action Match Howard Buffetts R255-Million? BY SHARON VAN WYK, 18 MARCH 2014 RELATED TOPICS South Africa Nigeria: South African Retailer Opens in... Southern Africa Zimbabwe: Careers of 255 Lawyers Hang on a... Wildlife Kenya: Rangers Hunt for Rhino and Elephant... Legal Affairs Liberia: Unicef to Be Investigated for Alleg... Governance Nigeria: No More Kid-Gloves for Terrorists... ANALYSIS The enormous donation by US entrepreneur, philanthropist, conservationist and all-round global good-guy Howard G Buffett to help in the battle against rhino poaching has been greeted with no small amount glee in SAs corridors of power. But what difference is it really going to make? Early last year, having escaped the devastating floods in the northern section of the Kruger National Park by a whisker, I sat down with Dr David Mabunda, CEO of SANParks, and pondered the challenges being faced by him and his team as the scourge of rhino poaching continued to devastate the countrys flagship national park. He was faced with trying to keep SANParks staff strong enough to resist the seduction of easy cash in return for giving up Krugers rhinos. At that time the going rate for delivering rhino tracks was R30,000. All of Mabundas resources were taken up with the fight against poaching, to the detriment of every other aspect of running the biggest tourism attraction in the country, and the continents premier conservation icon. Everything he needed to do to gain traction in the ongoing battle revolved around money, or, rather, the lack of it. A year on and... South Africa South African Retailer Opens in North Despite Security Fears South African retailer Shoprite Thursday opened its first outlet in northern Nigeria, as part of an aggressive expansion … see more » Read the full story on the Daily Maverick website.
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