The Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit (Black Mamba APU) is the world's first officially-formed, registered and recognised all-female wildlife ranger unit, founded in 2013, with the purpose of protecting wildlife in the regions of the Olifants West Nature Reserve, and the buffer zone in the Greater Kruger of South Africa.

[citation needed] The unit was created by Craig R. Spencer, the current warden of Olifants West Nature Reserve,[1] and Amy Clark from Transfrontier Africa.

[5] There are currently forty two staff members in the Black Mamba APU team, with thirty five of them being women rangers.

[2] Each of the rangers is trained in tracking and combat, but work unarmed: they protect the animals by creating a "visible police presence, like a British bobby.

[1] Photographer Julia Gunther, who has been documenting the Black Mambas APU, says of the women that "For all of them, the love for nature and its conservation runs deep.

[4][7] In June 2023, Leitah Mkhabela joined a delegation of rangers and film crew members at the private premiere of the documentary Rhino Man, hosted by Prince William of Wales and his United for Wildlife conservation network.