People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals, recently came out with an investigation into the abuse of animals at Tsala Hunting Safaris. PETA, in their undercover Investigation revealed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's hidden connections and investments in the trophy hunting industry. They obtained video  footage of an American trophy hunter who repeatedly shoots a young elephant just outside Kruger National Park on the President’s game farm. The video shows the amount of cruelty that is permissible when hunters pay to hunt on the grounds. There are no fences between the President’s game farm and the Kruger National Park. The elephant therefore literally walks to her death. In the video we witness the elephant shot mercilessly 4 times. The first shot is apparently not good enough and guides from the President’s game farm help the hunter with his aim. The hunter fires three more shots. There is then excitement among the hunters, as apparently the last 3 shots are the right way to do it. All the while the elephant is still alive, and is in pain and shock. 

The investigation also reveals that President Ramaphosa is developing and expanding a trophy hunting property called Diepdrift. He is stocking up on animals - including animals from his own wildlife breeding operation, Phala Phala, whilst he is also a 50% owner of Tsala Hunting Safaris and feeding the animals from Phala Phala into Tsala Hunting Safari. The goal here is to breed animals, including endangered species, only to have them killed off for trophies. According to the PETA report, President Ramaphosa has gone to great lengths to have his involvement concealed. Trophy hunters pay thousands of dollars to shoot animals and keep their dead heads as trophies. This is the kind of business of which the President of South Africa is part owner. 

A sitting President having a business interest in trophy hunting would create a barrier to any decision that his government would have take in favour of animal rights and nature conservation.

This petition demands: 

• An investigation into the extent of the President's involvement in the running of Tsala Hunting Safaris and the financial benefits that he derives from it. 
• That the financial benefits derived by the President from Phala Phala and Tsala Hunting Safaris be donated to WILDLIFE conservation.