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Namibian Wildlife Crimes article archive

This archive of published media articles about wildlife crime in Namibia aims to:

  • provide easy public access to published information and statistics
  • enable easy stakeholder access to articles
  • provide a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia

Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife crime is one of the pressing environmental issues of our time.

Wildlife crime investigations are generally covert operations requiring utmost confidentiality to succeed. Investigations and prosecutions in complex cases may take months or even years to complete. For this reason, the information that can be released to the public without compromising cases is often limited. Nonetheless, the Namibian government strives to share as much information as possible with the public.

The Namibian media has welcomed this approach and regularly publishes statistics and feature articles on wildlife crime. These are entered into the database at regular intervals, creating a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia.

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Thursday, 3 July 2025
Mthombeni N 2025. South Africa: Brothers caught with elephant tusks worth R200,000.

Two men have been arrested for trying to sell elephant tusks worth R200,000 in Limpopo. The suspects, brothers Peter and Phanuel Mokgalaka, were caught during a police sting in Selwane Village outside Phalaborwa on Wednesday. The operation was led by the Hawks in Limpopo, with help from the Sani Sand Nature Reserve and the Kruger National Park's Environmental Crime Investigation unit. Police got a tip-off that the men were selling ivory. Officers contacted them and pretended to be buyers. The brothers agreed to meet the supposed buyers in Selwane.

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Thursday, 3 October 2024
Kayunde M 2024. A brand new Namibian documentary on kykNET this October. Documentary films and series are becoming increasingly popular locally and globally because viewers have an ever-growing interest in the story behind the story. This October, a brand new Namibian documentary is showing on kykNET (DStv channel 144 and GOtv channel 15).The documentary, Eden’s Guardian Angelst, looks at the extraordinary trajectory from wildlife crisis to conservation victory. On a continent struggling with the devastating effects of poaching and the conflict between the needs of people and nature, Namibia stands out as a beacon of hope. It is also an inspiring example of the invaluable contribution that community-led conservation can make. This compelling film takes a closer look at Namibia’s pioneering conservation efforts and introduces the viewer to dedicated guardians of three conservation areas across this vast and pristine country. Through their eyes, we see the urgent plight of the world’s most traded mammal, the jackdaw and the last remaining, free-ranging black rhinos, whose numbers are still shrinking.
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't Sas-Rolfes M, Challender DWS, Hinsley A, Veríssimo D, Milner-Gulland EJ 2019. Illegal wildlife trade: Scale, processes, and governance. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 44 201-228

Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) has increased in profile in recent years as a global policy issue, largely because of its association with declines in prominent internationally trafficked species. In this review, we explore the scale of IWT, associated threats to biodiversity, and appropriate responses to these threats.

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