The cat, unfortunately, had become breakfast for the eagle. This distressing moment underscores the raw reality of nature: the predator-prey cycle, an essential mechanism for ecological balance. Catch ...

That’s Zimbabwe. It’s also South Africa, as a new book by journalist Rehana Rossouw, appropriately entitled Predator Politics, chillingly shows. In the past dozen years, South Africans have benefited ...

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