The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has once again appreciated the court for doing their best to deter people from illegal hunting by imposing tougher sentences upon poachers.
This gesture by the General comes in a wake of a hefty sentence that was handed down on Friday, 18 March 2022 by the Skukuza Regional Court to Mike Nyathi, aged 40 for poaching. Nyathi was sentenced to an effective 25 years imprisonment. The accused was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.