Top stories
Energy & Mining#AfricaEnergyIndaba: Africa’s mineral wealth at the centre of the global energy transition
4 Mar 2026
ICTAI, global uncertainty to top talks at Southern Africa’s leading cyber security event
ITP Communications 3 days
Subscribe & Follow
Advertise your job vacancies
Southern Africa: China cleared for ivory purchase
Namibia is happy that the UN body charged with monitoring trade in endangered species has approved China's plea to buy more than 100 tons of elephant ivory from four Southern African countries, the Director of Scientific Services in the Ministry of Environment told The Namibian yesterday.
Dr Fanuel Demas said because there are now two countries - Japan and China - to which Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe can auction their ivory, this will give the four countries options to go for the price of their choice.
Demas said China was approved on Tuesday to trade in ivory but under strict conditions.
