SANDTON – On Sunday, 29 September 2024, a successful operation led to the arrest of two Botswana nationals involved in the illegal possession and trading in pangolin, which is an endangered species.
An all-encompassing law enforcement team led by the Johannesburg based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation (SOCI), K9 Unit, Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD), and Gauteng Traffic Police Special Law Enforcement unit (SLEU) operationalised intelligence received about an individual who was in possession of a pangolin. On arrival, officers located a silver VW Polo with Botswana registration plates. Inside the vehicle, a speaker box containing the pangolin was discovered. The operation was conducted at approximately 10:00 in the morning at a road lodge, located at the street corners of Grayston and Rivonia, in Sandton.
Further investigation led to the identification and arrest of two individuals, Rhine Morgan Kemsley (35) and Mothusi Malcom Lefa (49), both Botswana nationals. The suspects were taken into custody, and the pangolin was safely handed over to a veterinary clinic in Midrand. The duo has been remanded in custody pending a bail application scheduled for Monday, 07 October 2024.
Meanwhile, the Acting Gauteng Provincial Head of the Hawks, Brigadier Phumeza Klaas, has sounded a warning to those who plunder protected species thereby contravening the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (NEMBA), Act 10 of 2004.
“The public is reminded that the possession and trading of protected species is a serious offense. Engaging in such activities not only endangers wildlife but also carries severe legal consequences. We urge the community to report any suspicious activities related to wildlife trafficking to the authorities immediately.” Brigadier Klaas stated.
Sloth
Van is getting married, but he and his fiancee have never done the deed – in fact he\’s never been with any woman before. He\’s getting more and more nervous as the big day approaches, so he confides in his friend. His friend says \’No worries man. I\’ll come by the honeymoon suite before you guys get there, and I\’ll hide behind the curtain, and I\’ll whisper instructions to you.\’
\’You\’d do that for me?\’
\’Sure thing man!\’
So the wedding day arrives, it was a lovely service (so I was told, I wasn\’t there myself) and Van\’s friend sneaks into the honeymoon suite as promised and hides behind the curtain.
Van and his new wife arrive in the room, get settled on the bed, and things are getting steamy.
But Van is still super nervous and his tummy is bubbling, so he murmers to his wife, \’Listen babe, I\’m just gonna go to the bathroom quick. I think it\’s that wors roll from earlier.\’
\’Sure thing babe.\’
So Van goes into the bathroom, and he\’s taking quite a long time. And his wife is starting to feel the nerves herself. And it\’s getting worse. She can\’t hold it in. But she doesn\’t want to go after he\’s gone and totally ruin the mood. So she looks around and finally finds a shoebox. Quickly, she does her business in the shoebox, and she shoves it under the bed just as Van comes back from the loo.
Van gets back on the bed and they go at it again. But after a minute or so Van smells something not so lekker.
\’What\’s that smell?\’
\’Nothing babe,\’ he wife tries to assure him.
\’No man there\’s definitely something not so lekker in this room!\’VSo Van starts looking around the room, in the corners, in the cupboard, and finally he looks under the bed, and sees the shoebox.
He pull it out, and opens it up, and in horror he shouts \’Sies! Daar\’s kak in hierdie doos!\’
And from behind the curtain his friend yells, \’NEE MAN, DRAAI HAAR OM!\”
Mr. Gadget
What do you call the oke at a South African gathering who cooks the food?
Braai\’n