The trio were earlier found guilty of the poaching of 13 rhinos between 2013 and 2016.
Three poachers from the notorious Ndlovu Gang were each sentenced to an effective 25 years behind bars by the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, on Wednesday.
Soci said Jabulani Ndlovu, 40, Forget Ndlovu, 37, and Sikhumbuzo Ndlovu, 38, were found guilty on all 55 separate counts relating to the poaching and harvesting of the horns. The three men were caught red-handed in a chalet with a 10.27kg of freshly harvested rhino horn valued at R1 million‚ a bloody saw‚ a dart gun and M99 tranquilising drug, as well as cellphones and SIM cards.
Soci said the trio were were linked to poaching incidents in the Eastern Cape, as well as Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
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