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Researchers in Johannesburg turn rhino horns radioactive in a groundbreaking bid to thwart poachers and dismantle illegal wildlife trade networks. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Scientists at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand are implanting radioactive chips into rhino horns in what promises to disrupt the poaching trade. Embedding …

Johannesburg, SA | Xinhua | The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the country’s central bank, said it is committed to the fight against money laundering. The SARB made the remarks in a statement on Friday after the Financial Action Task Force, a global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, placed South Africa …

What research reveals about its drivers | STEVEN GORDON | Mobs have attacked foreign-owned businesses on the streets of at least three South African cities in recent days. This has caused outrage across Africa. There have even been retaliatory attacks. The South African government, under pressure to protect her large …

By Aloysious Kasoma Police has rescued two South African citizens from their captors in Butabika, a Kampala suburb. According to Police, the victims have been identified as Dedre Audrey and Willem Jacobus Benjamin. Police Spokesperson Vicent Ssekate told the Independent that the hostages were convinced by the Member of Parliament …