The Duke is dead. Long live Isilo, the new tusker king of southern Africa. His domain is the wondrous sand forests of the Tembe Elephant Park on KwaZulu-Natal's Maputoland border with Mozambique ...

In April this year, iSilo, the biggest tusker in Southern Africa, born in the mid 1950s, was found dead in Tembe Elephant Park in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Although he died reportedly of old age, his ...

Durban - Within a few months, Africa has lost two of her finest sons. In April, iSilo, the biggest tusker in southern Africa, born in the mid 1950s, was found dead in Tembe Elephant Park in ...

INKOSI Mabhudu Tembe of the Tembe Elephant Park in Maputaland near Kosi Bay has offered a R100 000 reward for the return of the “magnificent” tusks of the ele­phant bull Isilo to his clan.

The biggest of them all is Isilo, who is about 50 years old, weighs seven tonnes, and stands 3.2m (10.5ft) tall. ... No elephant had to travel for more than 5km for water, he says.

The most famous is iSilo, who still holds the record for the heaviest and longest tusks in southern Africa. A tusker is defined as an elephant that has tusks that weigh more than 45 kg each.