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Your newspaper, FREE OF CHARGE Mission to save Makana Page 3 Fabian Juries Fun Day Pages 14 - 16 30 November 2018 • Vol. 148 Issue: 047 Sounding the horn Eastern Cape MEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and ourism,T Oscar Mabuyane (left), joins an emotional crowd of anti-poaching activists, rangers, vets, environmentalists, private reserve owners and local councillors in protest against rhino poaching on High Street on Monday morning. Later, inside a packed High Court, Judge Jeremy Pickering read out his judgment in a trial within the high-profile Ndlovu rhino poaching trial. See full story on Page 2. Photo: Sue Maclennan GRAHAMSTOWN 046 622 3914 STEVEN 078 113 3497 JOHAN 082 566 1046 TEL: 046 622 2950 COMMITTED TO GRAHAMSTOWN!TEL: 046 622 8700 TIM 082 800 9276 KEVIN 082 772 0400 2 NEWS Grocott’s Mail 30 NOVEMBER 2018 DRIVEN BY PEOPLE POWERED BY TECHNOLOGY Securing t h e c i t y f o r o v e r 25 years SAFETY TIPS Jabulani Ndlovu‚ Forget Ndlovu FROM and Sikhumbuzo Ndlovu consult ANDRE with Senior Counsel Advocate Terry Price in the High Court in Makhanda WILLE (Grahamstown) on Monday. They face five counts in connection with alleged SAFETY TIPS IN THE rhino poaching following their arrest at Makana Resort on 17 June 2016 in WATER possession of a freshly cut rhino horn, • Never leave a young child tranquilliser, a dart gun, a saw and a unattended near water and never knife. They have pleaded not guilty. make a child responsible for Price is briefed by attorney Alwyn another child – not even for five Griebenow. Photo: Sue Maclennan minutes. Teach children to always ask permission to go near water. • If a child is missing, check the water first. Seconds count in preventing drowning or permanent disability. • Swimming aids, such as water wings or noodles, are fun toys for Rhino trial resumes kids, but they should never be By SUE MACLENNAN used instead of approved flotation investigating officer. dentally wounds them self with the ganise Monday’s march ahead of the chip of paint led to a further devices. Nearly two hours into the morn- needle. In Incident 13 in the indict- court session. delay in the high-profile Ndlo- ing’s proceedings, referring to nu- ment, a black rhino had survived: Led by MEC for Environmental Af- RESPONSES IN vu trial finally under way in the merous other judgments, Judge Pick- black rhino were more resistant to fairs and Tourism Oscar Mabuyane, AHigh Court in Makhanda (Grahams- ering ruled that the unconstitutional tranquilliser, Viljoen agreed. around 200 people marched from the GRAHAMSTOWN town) this week. obtaining of evidence would not prej- The last part of Monday after- Drostdy Arch, toward the Cathedral, 22/11/2018 – 28/11/2018 In High Street on Monday, an emo- udice a fair trial in this case. He fur- noon’s evidence was centred around returning to the High Court. House Break-ins - 5 tional crowd of animal rights and ther exonerated the officer who had Bruma Lake in Johannesburg, where In his address from the High Court anti-poaching activists, vets, environ- Arrests - 2 entered the chalet without a search cellphone and GPS records located steps, Mabuyane emphasised that it mentalists, private reserve owners warrant, saying his conduct had been first-accused Jabulani. was not just the rhinos themselves Business Robberies - 2 and local councillors matched their in the context of the reality of police National investigations were cen- that were being destroyed by poach- Disturbances - 2 step and song to a toyi-toyiing army operations. tred on this area, suspected to be ers, but the tourism economy. of rangers. “A blunder of a bobby on the beat is a hub for the international trade in As he did earlier this year at World WE OFFER Later, inside the packed High Court not the same as a deliberate attempt rhino horn, protected animals and Field Rangers Day celebrations at in Makhanda (Grahamstown) you • 24hr Monitoring to circumvent rights,” the Judge said. insects, and perlemoen, Viljoen said. Thomas Baines, Mabuyane pledged could have heard a leaf fall as Judge “I am satisfied that the admission of Proceedings stalled on the saw that additional resources for the Eastern • Alarm Installations Jeremy Pickering read out his judg- [this] evidence is not contrary to the is part of the evidence, with Advocate Cape to protect the Province’s natural • Services and repairs to all ment in a trial within the high-profile administration of justice. The exclu- Terry Price SC saying on Monday of heritage. makes of alarm systems Ndlovu trial. sion of this evidence would have Viljoen, "This man is not certified on At the August event, Mabuyane cit- • Armed Response Jabulani Ndlovu, Forget Ndlovu been.” serrated-edged weapons." ed the International Ranger Federa- and Sikhumbuzo Ndlovu are charged • Guards Prosecutor, Senior State Advocate In question is a tiny chip of yellow tion’s recording of 55 deaths of rang- with five counts following their arrest Buks Coetzee then called Captain paint found at the site of the June ers in Africa in the past 12 months, • Access control (gate at Makana Resort outside Makhanda Morne Viljoen of the Jeffreys Bay 2016 incident at Bucklands. This, and that since 2012, more than 269 automation, intercoms and in June 2016, in possession of a based Endangered Species Unit to the prosecution says, is a direct link rangers had died protecting Africa’s cameras) freshly cut rhino horn along with the witness box. between the incident and the saw wildlife. • Electric Fencing tranquilliser, a dart gun, a saw and Viljoen, prompted by Coetzee, found in the men’s possession at Ma- “At least 176 of these brave men a knife. • Cash in Transit outlined in detail the meticulous de- kana Resort. and women [were] gunned down by They were apprehended as part tective work that had aligned GPS The State would bring an expert militia groups, unknown assailants or of the South African Police Service’s tracking on the hired cars used by from Pretoria, Coetzee said, to pre- armed poachers working for multina- Securing Kenton on Sea/ Operation Full Moon hours after the the Ndlovus to cell phone signals and sent the evidence on Thursday 29 tional wildlife crime syndicates,” he Bushman's River/Cannon Rocks/ killing and removal of the horn of found correlations with the locations November. Following this, there is said at the time. Boknes Areas a white rhino at Bucklands Reserve and timings of specific poaching in- likely to be further evidence from Mabuyane said as of the end of outside Makhanda. cidents. Viljoen. 2017, 504 rhinos had been illegally For advice or a free quote Police have alleged they may be He gave detailed evidence on the killed inside Kruger National Park contact André Wille linked to as many as 50 rhino poach- manufacture and distribution of the 18 rhino shot in EC and 524 in other regions of South Af- Tel: 046 636 1667 ing cases across South Africa over a Schedule 6 drugs found in the men’s The trial finally got under way against rica, bringing the total to 1 028. This number of years. possession: only veterinarians are al- the background of no fewer than 18 was a slight decline from the 1 054 Judge Pickering was to pronounce lowed to buy them. This batch was rhino shot, and their horns removed, animals killed in 2016. whether the evidence gathered on legally made in Johannesburg and in the Eastern Cape this year. The trial was set down for this that night, 17 June 2018, at Ma- bought from Zambia. It was this growing number that week and new dates, almost certainly EMERGENCY kana Resort’s Chalet Number 8 He detailed that the drug comes led anti-poaching activists to call for only in 2019, will need to be agreed was admissible, since a search war- with a recovery antidote, in case the a state of emergency over the high on by the end of Friday 30 Novem- NUMBERS rant had not been obtained by the person administering the drug acci- numbers of rhino deaths, and or- ber’s court session. • Ambulance 10177 • Aids Helpline 0800 012322 • AA Rescue 0800 111997 • Medical Rescue 0800 033007 WEATHER AND • GHT Child Welfare 046 636 1355 046 603 6300 • Electricity 046 603 6036 WEATHER & TIDES A/H 046 603 6000 TIDES • Eskom 086 014 00014 FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER MONDAY THURSDAY • Fire Brigade 046 622 4444 Partly cloudy. Moderate easterly wind. Partly cloudy. Moderate southerly wind. Cloudy. Light southerly wind. • Ght Police Station 046 603 9152 Temperature: Min 16°C Max 28°C Temperature: Min 14°C Max 24°C Temperature: Min 16°C Max 26°C • Hi-Tec 046 636 1660 Tides: Low 02:50 16:18 Tides: Low 06:54 19:40 Tides: Low 08:56 21:28 • Raphael Centre 046 622 8831 High 09:45 22:19 High 00:52 13:14 High 03:04 15:11 • SPCA 046 622 3233 • Traffic Services 046 603 6067 SATURDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY • Water 046 603 6136 Partly cloudy. Strong SW wind. Rain. Light SSE wind. Rain. Moderate SW wind. • Hospice 046 622 9661 Temperature: Min 14°C Max 29°C Temperature: Min 12°C Max 22°C Temperature: Min 14°C Max 25°C • Settlers Hospital 046 602 5000 Tides: Low 04:27 17:51 Tides: Low 07:41 20:20 Tides: Low 09:31 21:59 • Day Hospital 046 622 3033 High 11:14 23:45 High 01:43 13:57 High 03:39 15:44 • Fort England 046 602 2300 • Legal Aid SA 046 622 9350 SUNDAY WEDNESDAY • Locksmith (Sean Butterworth) Partly cloudy.