The State has finalised its case against Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus in the Polokwane High Court, bringing an end to a legal saga spanning more than a decade. Groenewald, regarded as the mastermind behind a large-scale rhino horn trafficking enterprise, entered into a plea agreement with the State on charges of trafficking rhino horns, racketeering and money laundering. Groenewald was sentenced to: A fine of R2 million or four years' imprisonment; A further 10 years' imprisonment, suspended for five years, on the main count of managing an enterprise (contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act). Groenewald was further sentenced to high-value fines and imprisonment on each of the other offences he was convicted on. The fines add up to more than R10 million and 36 years' imprisonment.