Inkantolo yaseSingapore igwebe owesilisa waseNingizimu Afrika iminyaka emibili ejele ngoLwesihlanu ngokushushumbisa izimpondo zobhejane, lesigwebo esinzima kunazo zonke ezake zakhishwa kuleli dolobha ngokushushumbisa izingxenye zezilwane zasendle.
Sthembiso Gumede Joel waboshwa esikhumulweni sezindiza saseSingapore eChangi ngo-2022 ngemuva kokuba iziphathimandla zithole izimpondo zobhejane ezingu-20 ezinesisindo esingu-34.7kg ezikhwameni zakhe.
Izinja ezihogelayo zithole izinto ezingekho emthethweni emthwalweni wakhe ngesikhathi ehamba esuka eNingizimu Afrika eya e-Laos edlula e-Singapore.
Lezi zimpondo bezilinganiselwa ku-$895 000 (R16.9 million) – okuyisibalo esikhulu kunazo zonke sokushaqwa kwephondo lukabhejane edolobheni.
Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala unikezwe lesi sigwebo ngemuva kokuwavuma amacala amabili okudlula nezimpondo zobhejane ngaphandle kwemvume esemthethweni.
Ngemuva kokuhlolwa kwalezi zimpondo zobhejane, kutholakale ukuthi izimpondo ezingu-18 eziphuma kobhejane abamhlophe, kanti ezinye ezimbili ziphuma kubhejane owodwa omnyama, kusho uNParks.