South Africa’s intelligence minister has been linked to the illegal trade in rhinoceros horn after being photographed at a massage parlour with a Chinese crime boss who claims to be a smuggler.
The allegations are contained in a documentary, broadcast yesterday, that was filmed by the television station Al Jazeera over six months.
Footage secretly recorded by an undercover investigator shows a man identified as Mr Guang, the massage parlour owner, swiping through photographs on his phone that appear to show him and the minister, David Mahlobo.
“He came to my massage parlour every week, or at least twice a month,” Mr Guang says in the documentary. “I know him well.” One of the photographs appears to show Mr Mahlobo with a young woman, whom