Dept of Wildlife accused of racism

Presenting before the Parliamentary portfolio committee on wildlife, tourism and natural resources on Tuesday, Kgaga said a Motswana guide, Onneile Thapi was allegedly fired from work by his employer after he reported a white manager, Shaun Malan to DWNP for illegally keeping a protected African python at Mochaba camp lodge in the Okavango Delta.

Kgaga told the committee that Thapi was blacklisted by white owned tourism companies in the area. “White owned companies work in unison, they can collude against hiring people deemed dangerous to their interests,” he said.