South Africa’s president Ramaphosa ‘profits from trophy hunting and breeds rare animals to be shot for cash’

UK exclusive: Trophy hunters last year shot 35,000 animals from 150 protected species worldwide, reports Jane Dalton

A lion killed in a hunt brokered by Tsala Hunting Safaris in South Africa (Peta)

South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa is profiting from a 50 per cent stake in a company that runs hunting safaris and secretly breeds rare “exotic” species to be shot by wealthy trophy hunters, investigators claim.

The president is quietly expanding a trophy-hunting farm where animals are bred with unusual mutations that will fetch higher prices, according to Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) US.

But his team keep quiet about his links to the wildlife shooting business to spare him “bad publicity”, it’s claimed.