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Two men were jailed for 29 years each for rhino poaching by the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court on Friday.
Magistrate Catherine Hugo says the sentences should be a deterrent to other would-be rhino poachers.
35-year old Gearson Cosa, and 25-year old Ali Nkuna were sentenced for trespassing, being in possession of hunting rifles and ammunition, and poaching a rhino and its calf.
Cosa received an additional three months for being in the country illegally.
They were arrested last June in the Kruger National Park.
The court ruled that the crime was a well-planned exercise with the aim to hunt rhinos for their horns.
