Uhambo Yethemba

Hello my name is Uhambo Yethemba, which translated from Zulu, means Journey of hope. I hope that in my journeys I shall raise the hopes for the conservation of rhinos to be achieved. Close to 1000 Rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year, which at this rate is very quickly leading to the extinction of this fabulous animal.

In December of 2013, Cape Union Mart hid away 30 packages in South Africa containing a small Rhino which, when found, has a mission to promote the conservation of the Rhino. This is one of the 30. Discover him and following him around as he visits caches in South Africa. He will stay with the owner for the duration of the campain and try to raise as much awareness as possible. The goal, to win the main prize of which a donation of R20 000 will be donated to the Rhino conservation efforts of the Endangered Wildlife Trust.

You are welcome to Discover me (Use Code DVBNA7)

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I am also on Instagram, please follow me and should you meet me and take pictures, you can tag me in them. @uhambo_yethemba

Sadly these are the stats with regards rhino poaching in South Africa. Statistics are from the Department of environmental affairs

The total number of rhino poached in South Africa during 2013 increased to 1004, as the number of people arrested for rhino poaching-related offences climbed to 343. 

During 2012, 668 rhino were poached, while 448 were killed in 2011.  Since 2008, 2 778 rhino have been poached in South Africa.   A total of 37 rhino have been poached since the start of 2014. 

During 2013, the Kruger National Park continued to bear the brunt of rhino poaching losing a total of 606 of the iconic animals to poachers.  A total of 114 rhino were poached in Limpopo, 92 in Mpumalanga, 87 in North West and 85 in KwaZulu-Natal.

The number of rhino poachers arrested during 2013 increased considerably with 343 being arrested, 133 of them in the Kruger National Park.  In 2012, 267 alleged poachers were arrested. Since the beginning of 2014, 6 alleged poachers have been arrested.