Zim duo in illegal possession of pangolin

According to the charge sheet, Kelvi Maposa, 43, and Matitshidza Sibanda, 33, both unemployed and from Plumtree in Zimbabwe, being persons not licensed, authorised or exempted unlawfully captured a pangolin being a protected game animal without a permit to do so.

The state alleges that the offence happened on July 23 at Coloured location in Francistown. The accused pleaded guilty to the offence while the State is waiting for a certificate from the laboratory to confirm if the animal the accused were in possession of is pangolin, also known as kgaga in Setswana.