A convicted rhino poacher has blamed his syndicate bosses after receiving a 50-year jail term for illegal hunting in the Kruger National Park (KNP). Dominic Mnisi, 36, Ayanda Ngomane, 31, and Lwazi Malambe, 31, were sentenced to 50, 21 and 33 years direct imprisonment by the Skukuza Regional Court on Thursday. The trio were convicted by the same court in early June after being found guilty by the presiding magistrate Jan Ngobeni. Mnisi and Malambe were arrested in January 2017 at Stols Nek after they were found in possession of a rifle, ammunition and four fresh rhino horns, which were later linked to two recently killed white rhino found near where they were apprehended. However, they were granted bail and were later apprehended once again in possession of a rifle, ammunition, a knife and two rhino horns.