Published: 2016 March 21 04:17:45 (4613 Views)

Tsholotsho RDC has accused the Minister of Water, Climate and Environment Oppah Muchinguri of frustrating an elephant hunt which was meant to support the first stages of the construction of the Tsholotsho FC stadium.

Saviour Kasukuwere in his term of office granted 50 elephants to the construction of the stadium, whilst an additional 20 elephants were issued for developmental projects that include the drilling of boreholes and building of clinics in the area.

Hunters pay  up to $30,000 to kill an elephant.

Tsholotsho RDC chairperson Alois Ndebele, speaking at the handover of a classroom block at Mbiriya Primary School by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko in Tsholotsho said Muchinguri's predecessor Kasukuwere had done all the paperwork to allow the RDC to hunt the elephants but after her transfer to the ministry, things came to a halt.

Ndebele also said some of the international hunters they had engaged to carry out the hunts had already gone back to their countries following unexplained obstacles thrown up by the new minister's office.

In response, Mphoko promised to engage the minister and clear all the blockages.



- Chronicle

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