Review. A 20-year History of South Africa’s Commercial Abalone Industry (Part 6 of 7)

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Struggle veterans from former armed liberation movements Umkontho we Sizwe and the Azanian People’s Liberation Army showed off a new set of uniforms at a ceremony held at the Castle of Good Hope, marking the completion of their training on 14 February 2010. The veterans are part of the Department’s Marine Anti-Poaching Project Through this project a total of 60 military veterans were recruited and deployed to the Overberg area (the area from Rooi-Els to Arniston with a coastline of about 140km, one of the most heavily poached areas along the South African coastline. DAFF had five offices in this area, i.e Kleinmond, Hermanus, Gansbaai, Struisbaai and Arniston. Photo: Stock

Testing the boundaries, ‘Teflon Tina Joemat-Petterssen’s follies, and testy fishermen turn up the heat on the authorities.

It was not long before another transgression made the headlines. This time SARS investigators discovered and confiscated 1.6 tons (28 764 individual animals) of abalone valued at R4 million in the process of being smuggled out of Cape Town on a commercial container vessel destined for Hong Kong.

A Detention Order was served on the shipping agents, legally compelling them to ensure the container’s return to South Africa.

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