Jane Flowers
Freelance reporter and editor
MINISTER IMPLIES ZIMBABWE’S POACHING PROBLEM IS NOT ZAMBIA’S FAULT
Complacency is not the answer to the poaching crisis between neighbours
In an astounding interview with radio Voices of the People, Patrick Ngoma, the Zambian Minister of Tourism claimed that the Zambian nationals are the main poaching culprits in Zimbabwe as “poaching by our people is controlled.” He went on to state that these controls were so effective that poachers are now unable to penetrate Zambian national parks.
His statement that poachers from Zambia find the picking easier in Zimbabwe due to better law enforcement in Zambia was challenged in the interview.
