In August 2017, Agence France-Presse circulated wire coverage of the South African government's clearance of John Hume's online rhino horn auction. The Guardian Nigeria carried it under the headline "South Africa gives go-ahead to rhino horn auction."
Izak du Toit, Hume's attorney, is quoted on the legal trajectory. Edna Molewa is the regulatory voice. The piece is the continental-press articulation of the August 2017 auction story — a reminder that the auction was a pan-African conservation event, not just a domestic South African legal one.
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