Tharollo was born and raised in Buffelshoek village in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, adjacent to the iconic Kruger National Park. He started his career in conservation with the Protrack Company where he was trained and deployed as a member of the Anti-Poaching Unit’s Task Team. After two years of service, he joined the Knight Protection Services as a guard for their mining division. However, the African bush kept on calling and in December 2017 he the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s, in partnership with the Rainforest Trust, newly formed Soutpansberg Protected Area (SPA) as a Field Ranger. His key functions as a SPA Field Ranger is, to safeguard the reserve and its wildlife through regular patrols, supplies special information of a biological nature and is also tasked with reserve infrastructure maintenance. Tharollo enjoys exploring nature, running, cooking and playing soccer.