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A10 WORLD NEWS
Tuesday 6 February 2018
Kenya: Cape Town pushes
US investigator of ivory, rhino horn trade killed tap closure on "Day

By TOM ODULA Zero" up for May
CHRIS TORCHIA
Associated Press By BRAM JANSSEN
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Es- CAPE TOWN, South Africa
mond Bradley Martin, a (AP) — Cape Town has
Kenya-based American pushed back "Day Zero"
conservationist whose — the date when it might
dogged investigations of have to turn off most taps
the elephant ivory and because of a long drought
rhino horn trades over de- — by nearly a month to
cades were seen as criti- May 11. Cape Town au-
cal in efforts to protect the thorities said Monday that
threatened species, was the reprieve is due to an
found stabbed to death in anticipated decline in ag-
his Nairobi home, Kenyan ricultural use of water be-
authorities said Monday. cause many farms in West-
International conservation- ern Cape province, which
ists were shaken by news of includes the city, have
the violent death of Brad- used up water supplies al-
ley Martin, a distinctive fig- located to them. Officials
ure known for his shock of had previously projected
white hair and a handker- "Day Zero" to fall on April
chief tucked into his jack- 16. Municipal officials,
et breast pocket whose however, say city residents
off-beat appearance be- must stick to regulations re-
lied the passion and rigor In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 photo, Esmond Martin, an expert on the illegal ivory trade, attends a quiring them to use fewer
that he channeled into his news conference at his home in Nairobi, Kenya. than 50 liters (13.2 gallons)
work in far-flung parts of (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) per person daily to avoid
the world. He sometimes said Julian Rademeyer, au- on a bed in his house on of a link to his work, which the tap closure. They say
worked undercover, and thor of "Killing for Profit," a Sunday, said Nicolas Kam- often delved into the ille- seasonal rainfall expected
at considerable personal book about rhino horn traf- wende, head of criminal in- gal activities of traders and to start around May is like-
risk, while still managing to ficking. "He was prepared vestigations in the capital, traffickers whose exploita- ly to be low. From Cape
extract valuable informa- to go to some of the most Nairobi. tion of African ivory and Town's elegant suburbs to
tion from traders and deal- remote places on earth to The motive for the killing of rhino horn for international its gritty townships, people
ers. dig up information." Bradley Martin, who was in buyers, many of them in are working to reduce
"He was an inspiration" and A family member found his mid-70s, was unclear. Asia, has fueled the mass their water consumption.
a pioneer of research on Bradley Martin's body with There was no immediate slaughter of the iconic spe- People restrict how often
the illegal wildlife trade, a stab wound to the neck suggestion from authorities cies. q and how long they show-
er, wash clothes and flush
South Africa's ANC party mulls Zuma's fate toilets in order to conserve
water. Police are guard-
ing some natural springs
By CHRIS TORCHIA is a discredited figure porters of the president parliamentary motion of no to avoid any scuffles over
Associated Press who shouldn't deliver the scuffled outside party confidence scheduled on access to the increasingly
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — speech on Thursday, and headquarters in Johannes- Feb. 22. precious liquid.Cape Town,
South Africa's ruling party that the occasion should burg on Monday. Ruling party leaders are un- a top international tourist
on Monday faced one of be postponed until the The ANC, which was the comfortable with the idea destination, has both high-
its biggest challenges since ANC party sorts out its inter- main anti-apartheid move- of backing an opposition- income oceanside neigh-
the end of white minority nal conflict. ment for decades, has led sponsored vote against borhoods and sprawling
rule in 1994, struggling to A group of ruling party of- South Africa since the end Zuma in parliament, fueling informal settlements. Some
resolve a leadership crisis ficials who met Monday of white minority rule and speculation that the ANC say poorer residents are
amid increasing calls for called a meeting of the drew moral standing from will make an internal deci- unfairly blamed as con-
scandal-tainted President ANC's national executive its association with Nelson sion to remove him in the cerns rise over wasting
Jacob Zuma to resign.Top committee for Wednesday Mandela, the country's first same way that President water. About a quarter
leaders of the ruling Af- to discuss preparations for black president. However, Thabo Mbeki was ousted of Cape Town's popula-
rican National Congress the speech and what it de- corruption scandals and in 2008 with less than a tion lives in the informal
met Zuma at his Pretoria scribed as a governmental mismanagement have year left in his second term. settlements, where they
residence late Sunday for "transition," a reference to sapped some support in re- Critics questioned the le- get water from communal
a discussion that one del- Zuma's expected exit and cent years.Zuma still com- gality of Mbeki's removal; taps instead of individual
egate had said would fo- replacement by Deputy mands a loyalist faction, the South African constitu- spigots at home. The 1 mil-
cus on the "best interests" President Cyril Ramaphosa. including in his home prov- tion only says parliament lion people in Cape Town's
of the party and the coun- Many ruling party members ince of KwaZulu-Natal, and can remove the president poor townships make up
try. However, there was want Ramaphosa, who re- two of the six ANC leaders through impeachment or a 25 percent of the city's 4
no public announcement placed Zuma as party pres- who met him on Sunday motion of no confidence. million people yet only use
Monday about the results of ident in December and has have publicly backed him. In a separate case, Zuma’s 4.5 percent of the water,
the meeting, days before a talked tough on corruption, However, many former sup- lawyers last week submitted say water experts. The use
state of the nation address to become state president porters have abandoned arguments to prosecutors of city drinking water to
that Zuma is scheduled to soon so that the party can him and commentators about why he shouldn’t be wash vehicles, hose down
deliver in parliament. try to recover lost popular- believe enough ruling par- prosecuted for corruption paved areas, fill up private
South Africa's political op- ity ahead of 2019 elections. ty members might join the charges tied to an arms swimming pools and water
position has said Zuma Critics of Zuma and sup- opposition to oust him in a deal two decades ago. q gardens is illegal. q