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Granny 'cattle rustler' denied bail
A daring 71-year-old woman from Ntabazinduna, Umguza District in Matabeleland North, has been denied bail after allegedly masterminding a complex cattle rustling operation involving the theft of 20 ca...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:08hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Man in trouble for stealing stockfeed
In Fort Rixon, a 36-year-old man named Lungile Nkiwane was remanded out of custody after being accused of stealing stockfeeds from Mbokodo Abattoir in Figtree. Appearing before Plumtree magistrate Jos...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:27hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt bans cattle sales at household level
The government has immediately banned household cattle sales, urging farmers to use village business unit (VBU) auctions to curb the panic selling of animals caused by the recent El Nino-induced droug...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:40hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Stockfeed subsidies for drought-hit livestock farmers
THE Government has stepped in to save the country's livestock situation with a coterie of urgent intervention measures aimed at bailing out farmers from losing their animals for a song to unscrupulous...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cattle destocking frenzy in motion
A cattle destocking frenzy is in motion with a number of abattoirs getting an overwhelming supply of cattle, resulting in some suspending slaughtering as farmers have started laying off stock in...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:58hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
John Nkomo's son loses 42 cattle
THE late Vice President John Landa Nkomo's son, Mr Jabulani Nkomo, lost a herd of 42 cattle in a suspected cattle rustling syndicate involving his two former workers who are now on the run.The...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 03:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor arrested for stock theft
Zanu-PF councillor for Ward 17, Insiza North, Sindiso Ndlovu, has been accused of stealing cattle and selling them to Esigodini Abattoir. Ndlovu (40) and his co-accused, Buhle Nkomazana (29), appeared...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over donkey milk imports
A Botswana-based company, TAKUWA Natural Products, is planning to export donkey milk to Zimbabwe, a proposal that has sparked controversy among consumer rights groups.TAKUWA Natural Products h...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bees chase family searching for stolen cows in Bulawayo
In a suspected case of witchcraft, a Bulawayo family were last week followed by a swarm of bees while they went out in search of their stolen seven cows that went missing around June 2023.The ...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 21:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former minister eyes Kwekwe mayor position
Former Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr. Henry Madzorera, took the oath as the ward 10 councillor in Kwekwe on Thursday under the banner of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC). With this s...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers rob 13k at abattoir
Ten armed robbers allegedly pounced on Zinyama abattoir in Chiweshe and robbed eight farmers and two guards of their mobile phones and money on Thursday.Mashonaland Central deputy police spoke...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 15:42hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Suspected cattle rustler arrested in Esigodini
A MAN from Esigodini suspected to be part of a cattle rustling syndicate was arrested last week after over 18 cattle were reportedly stolen by the suspect now in police custody.One of the vill...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe listed as world's second largest beef consumer
ZIMBABWE has been listed among the world's leading consumers of beef, coming second after Argentina.According to data released by Visual Capitalists on Most Consumed Meat in the World, Zimbabw...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 16:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors plot to rip off Gweru
ACTING Gweru district development coordinator Tarisai Mudadigwa has written a letter to acting town clerk Livingston Churu, ordering him to stop plans by councillors from the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Establish animal husbandry centre in Bulawayo'
LIVESTOCK farmers from the Matebeleland region are facing challenges in accessing technical support to boost their production as there is no veterinary training-focused institution, which negatively a...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers pounce on an abattoir
Armed robbers allegedly pounced on Bellevue Abattoir close to Kwekwe Central Business District (CBD) on Wednesday night and got away with US$ 11 000 cash.Eight men armed with pistols, iron bar...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:36hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Cattle fattening in 90 days
CATTLE fattening is a method of raising livestock that minimises animal mobility, allowing them to gain weight more quickly. Larger animals produce more meat, which can be sold for more money ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Chipo Tachiona
'Build your house in a year or lose stand'
CHIKOMBA Rural District Council, which oversees Chivhu town, has unveiled new by-laws that include a requirement that residents should start building on stands they are buying from the council within ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Revived CSC fast gaining traction
THE revived Cold Storage Company (CSC), now CSC-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe, is fast gaining traction among stakeholders amid increasing business orders, as more players in the meat value chain utilise the...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:23hrs | 26 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga duped
The Cold Storage Company in Bulawayo remains closed, despite a grand "official re-opening" by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on August 22, ZimLive can reveal.Chiwenga, then the acting pre...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 19:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga praises Boustead Beef
BOUSTEAD Beef, a firm that is currently undertaking the revival of the Cold Storage Company (CSC), has so far pumped in US$24 million into the business, which is a complete violation of the Livestock ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga shoots first beast in the resuscitation of CSC
THE revamped Cold Storage Company(CSC)-Boustead Beef factory, which resumed operations yesterday after 22 years of closure, will never be allowed to collapse again as its re-opening is anchored on ren...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prominent Bulawayo cattleman Mbokodo dies
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman and owner of Mbokodo Abattoirs, Mr Noel Eric York, has died.He was 72.Mr York, who was popularly known as "Mbokodo", died on Sunday evening at his home i...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
77 goats die at LSU due to procurement malpractices
Seventy-seven (77) goats died at Lupane State University due to procurement malpractices in a clear abuse of state funds.The $52 000 000 for Innovation and Industrialisation from ZIMDEF has co...Published: 22 May 2022 at 13:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
RBZ in dramatic U-turn on lending
THE central bank yesterday lifted its temporary suspension of lending services by banks after the policy triggered sustained protests from industry, commerce and the public in general.In a sta...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, Matabeleland in 7-hour blackout
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Zetdc) Western region yesterday disrupted electricity supplies to some parts of Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South affecting operati...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Brawl over CSC turns nasty
A nasty brawl between new investor in Cold Storage Company (CSC) and the judicial manager, which threatens to scupper current initiatives to revive the once-vibrant meat processor, has emerged, The Su...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane livestock clearance process irks villagers
VILLAGERS in the Nswazi area in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South province have bemoaned the livestock clearance process which they say is cumbersome and creates a window for corruption....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
LSU rocked by unscrupulous procurement deals
LUPANE State University (LSU) is reportedly rocked by unscrupulous procurement deals after it received 52 000 000.00 for Innovation and Industrialisation from ZIMDEF.Indications are that...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 10:51hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Apostolic sect seeks to cash in on followers
AN apostolic sect is seeking business ventures with food manufacturers in a deal that would see some products bearing the logo of the religious group.In a letter to food companies dated Decemb...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers shoot abattoir boss, steal 3 guns, money
POLICE in Marondera have launched a manhunt for six armed robbers who shot Surrey managing director Simon Arnold during a house robbery.The armed robbers got away with US$1 500 and three guns,...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zupco employee arrested for theft
A Bulawayo based Zupco company employee has been arrested for stealing $3 240 from his employer while two men lost over US$20 000 cash and R181 500 to criminals in separate incidents in Bulawayo and M...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
International hunting makes Botswana communities improve wildlife conservation
Botswana hunting communities in the wildlife-rich Chobe District have decided to further improve wildlife and habitat conservation as well as community development, using the millions that they earned...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 13:43hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro
Storm over roads rehab tenders
THE multi-million-dollar government-funded Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) in Chiredzi is now mired in controversy after it emerged that tenders were allegedly awarded without due dilig...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's abattoirs struggle
ZIMBABWE'S abattoirs are struggling to secure slaughter stock, as farmers have turned to livestock to store value and hedge against inflation, according to a report by the Livestock and Meat Advisory ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pig producers struggle for maize supplies
SMALLHOLDER pig producers, accounting for 80% of the country's pig producers, are reportedly struggling to access maize as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has not availed an allocation for them, rende...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Leather sector revival on course
Ministry of Industry and Commerce says it is pressing ahead with resuscitating the country's leather sector and is targeting firms with lower capitalization requirements for assistance during the rema...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Political Reporter
CSC investor starts abattoir refurbishment
UNITED Kingdom-based Cold Storage Commission (CSC) investor, Boustead Beef Limited, last week began refurbishing the company's abattoir in preparation for its re-opening, Southern Eye can reveal....Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions now behind us,' says Chiwenga
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga says his government is no longer troubled about sanctions as they were now behind Zimbabwe as the citizens have since been united with their land for economic growt...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions won't stop economic turnaround'
THE continued imposition of illegal sanctions will not stop Zimbabwe's economic transformation as the country is building robust internal capacities to create wealth and expand job opportunities for i...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga flies into storm
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga is today expected to launch the Zimbabwe Leather Sector Strategy (ZLSS) 2021-30 in Bulawayo.The launch comes at a time when the Affirmative Action Group (AA...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to lead leather sector revival
ZIMBABWE has received US$15 million funding from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) to capacitate industrial operations under the leather sector value chain. Industry a...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
New model could revive Bulawayo industry
The article of January 5, by Silas Nkala made for remarkably interesting reading. The sentiments expressed are true of the sentimental opinion of most of us who have made this part of the country home...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:40hrs | | by Muvirimi Francis Mangwendeza
Govt probes CSC investor
A PROBE into the operations of a firm that clinched the deal to revive the Cold Storage Company (CSC) two years ago kicked off in December, with Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minist...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Consortium secretly inspects CSC assets
FRESH details have emerged revealing how a consortium of local industrialists and companies - CSC (2016) - is angling to take over the defunct Cold Storage Company (CSC) through a US$225 million bid....Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Local firms vie for CSC
A CONSORTIUM of local companies and industrialists are seeking to seize a 75% stake in the defunct Cold Storage Company (CSC) after tabling a US$225 million investment proposal to the government....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 virus 'survives on phones and cash for 28 days'
The virus responsible for Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces such as banknotes, phone screens and stainless steel for 28 days, researchers say.The findings from Australia's national sc...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:34hrs | 2 | by BBC
2 security guards up for murder
TWO security guards, employed by Bellevue Abattoirs, Consolidated Farming Investment (CFI), were yesterday charged with murder and attempted murder after opening fire on rowdy land invaders who had ov...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border donkey rustlers on the prowl
To new arrivals, "Dip 27" is no different from any other rural service centre in Madabe communal lands south of Plumtree in Zimbabwe.Yet locals know that the daytime semblance of law-abiding p...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | | by Oscar Nkala
The world has lost patience with Zimbabwe's 'Crocodile'
A YEAR ago this week, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa strained credulity when he declared in a Bloomberg TV interview, "We have rejoined the family of nations."The international commun...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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