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Tsakane Nxumalo is a junior ranger from The Black Mambas - an unarmed all-female ranger unit in South Africa working in the Greater Kruger National Park. Their job is to protect wildlife from local bushmeat hunters and organised rhino-poaching syndicates. Since their foundation in 2013 they’ve removed thousands of snares and poison traps, dramatically reducing poaching activity and encouraging people to see the region as a resource for wildlife and nature tourism.

Produced by Jane Thurlow and Alice Gioia.

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Tsakane Nxumalo, credit Valeria van der Westhuizen

VIDEOS
Holly Budge (How Many Elephants, World Female Ranger Day) and Valeria van der Westhuizen