'Skin, yes. Meat, No!' - Thanxa

FRANCISTOWN: The joking poacher, Rebautwile Thanxa of Sowa Town was slapped with a P1,000 fine or 12 months imprisonment if he fails to pay within two weeks.

The magistrate had a hard time in sentencing the accused as his age is unknown. Eventually he was estimated to be in his early 60s.

Before he was convicted and fined, Thanxa, who had a Sesarwa translator, had the court in stitches, stubbornly refusing to reason with the magistrate. He said he admitted that he was caught with a Kudu hide, but he never admitted to selling biltong as alleged.

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