Simon Botes

Why does it appear that African Parks is allowed to operate above the law? 🧐🦏💔 @NWPG_Dedect @environmentza @SAPoliceService @DLRRD_za @NPA_Prosecutes @willieaucamp1 @PresidencyZA @SANBI_ZA @OCJ_RSA @SAHRCommission @Sakeliga #WildlifeCrime #StateCapture

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@IanCameron23 can you please give me a call. In connection with Jouberton CAS 58/10/2023 - DM for contact details. Thanks

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Fake identities, fake proof of payment, livestock disappearing overnight… We follow the trail of a stolen flock and demand answers. That's #CarteBlanche this Sunday at 7pm on @MNet channel 101, and @DStv Stream.

@SueSpurgin I'll just leave this here. With a reminder that Hume had legal captive breed permits from the relevant management authority and a positive scientific NDF. #VII" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cites.org/eng/disc/text.… sanbi.org/biodiversity/s… - This case should be live broadcast. Nothing in the shadows!

On the trail of #SouthAfrica’s ‘rhino baron’ - John Hume bred 2,000 #rhinos in captivity. Were they a cover for one of the most successful horn-trafficking networks in history? ft.com/content/f1de68…

@julianrademeyer @davidpilling There should be a Madlanga style commission of enquiry into the sabotaging and dismantling of the most successful rhino project on earth. 🧐🦏💔

John Hume bred 2,000 rhinos in captivity. Were they a cover for one of the most successful horn-trafficking networks in history, asks @davidpilling

Removing internal fencing that prevents inbreeding on a Key 1 rhino population appears inconsistent with permit conditions. If confirmed, this constitutes unlawful non-compliance with serious conservation consequences. @NWPG_Dedect @environmentza #WildlifeCrime #RhinoRewild 🧐

Thank you to the scientific authority for updating the scientific record to reflect the accurate historical record. 🦏💚 @CITES Please take note.

@SANBI_ZA This statement in the NDF (Reference Number: Cer_sim_Oct2024 Date:1 October 2024) is not accurate. John Hume applied to register with @CITES on 3/9/2018. On 6/2/2020 Minister Creecy reviewed the application and failed to sign off and submit to the CITES secretariat.🧐

Shame on Kenya for hosting these human rights abusers! Under Peter Fearnhead's leadership, Donovan Jooste and those acting under his direct management abused the human rights of my family on the African Parks rhino rewild property. #BCC2026 Ref: Jouberton SAPS CAS 58/10/2023

@DrWillFowlds One wonders if these are more orphans caused by the spurious rhino rewild project, that has already shifted 280 rhinos (14%) of the once safest rhinos on earth back to the rhino killing fields under the guise of rewilded to "safe havens" 🦏💔🧐

'Orphaned rhino calves saved in southern Kruger National Park' #RhinoConservation citizen.co.za/lowvelder/news…

The rhino horn trafficking case against John Frederick Hume, Clive John Mervan Melville, Izak Hermanus Du Toit, Elizabeth Catharina Van Niekerk, Mattheus Hendrikus Wessels Poggenpoel & Johannes Abraham Hennop at the Pretoria Magistrates Court has been postponed until 30 June 2026

South Africa’s Scientific Authority approved rhino captive breeding in 2018. A qualifying CITES application was submitted. It was never transmitted to CITES by @environmentza Now a Key1 rhino population is being dismantled and rhinos are dying. 🦏💔🧐 vt.tiktok.com/ZSueKAA7L/

One of Africa’s most important Key1 rhino populations is being dismantled. The science said it qualified under CITES Res. 12.10. The application was never sent to CITES. Now rhinos are dying and calves being orphaned. 🦏💔 vt.tiktok.com/ZSueTwRFT/

@environmentza Credit where it's due: Well done. Minister, Please urgently also review the science, administrative process and policy regarding phasing out of commercial cites cbo registrations of rhinos as per CITES Conf 12.10 - urgent interim relief is needed. 🦏💚

Minister Willie Aucamp has announced the outcomes of the appeals submitted by small-scale cooperatives in the Traditional Linefish and West Coast Rock Lobster sectors for the 2026/2027 fishing season. Watch the announcement. #DFFE #smallscalefishers

I can today confirm that the South African government will cover the full cost of vaccinating the national herd against Foot-and-Mouth disease. This means there will be no cost to farmers for vaccines administered as part of the national response to the FMD outbreaks.

@SAHRCommission There is no rule of law in South Africa. I was unlawfully and constructively evicted without a court order in Oct 2023. The process involved flagrant abuse of my human rights. I appealed to the SAHRC for urgent support. You have done nothing to provide support!

The Commission does not condone lawlessness. Migrants must follow the rule of the law of the country. Only law enforcement agencies must enforce the law, including migration. Commissioner Aseza Gungubele

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