{"id":41578,"date":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=07e67c7a582dd878558544672b332e64"},"modified":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/","title":{"rendered":"Man appears in court for killing of crocodile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DURBAN \u2013 On 09 April 2022, police officers from the Hluhluwe Stock Theft Unit received information of a man who allegedly killed a crocodile.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers and game rangers proceeded to KwaJobe in Hluhluwe where the team found the remains of a crocodile as well as the skeletal remains of various animals. The investigation revealed that on 04 April 2022, the crocodile was shot and killed at Budlwini area in Hluhluwe. Police officers also seized a firearm as well as ammunition from the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested Sphamandla Mhlongo (32) on charges of unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition as well as possession of game meat. He appeared before the Ubombo Magistrate&#8217;s Court on 11 April 2022 and the court released him on R500-00 bail. He will reappear in court on 06 May 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DURBAN \u2013 On 09 April 2022, police officers from the Hluhluwe Stock Theft Unit received information of a man who allegedly killed a crocodile.Police officers and game rangers proceeded to KwaJobe in Hluhluwe where the team found the remains of a crocodi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man appears in court for killing of crocodile - South Africa Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man appears in court for killing of crocodile - South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DURBAN \u2013 On 09 April 2022, police officers from the Hluhluwe Stock Theft Unit received information of a man who allegedly killed a crocodile.Police officers and game rangers proceeded to KwaJobe in Hluhluwe where the team found the remains of a crocodi...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sjadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5258049232dc72b42ad1073df5c990f\"},\"headline\":\"Man appears in court for killing of crocodile\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/\"},\"wordCount\":137,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Human Rights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/\",\"name\":\"Man appears in court for killing of crocodile - South Africa Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/man-appears-in-court-for-killing-of-crocodile\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Man appears in court for killing of crocodile\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Journal\",\"description\":\"Hub for all the Latest News &amp; 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