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Farmers demand no amnesty for cattle rustlers
Farmers in Matabeleland have called for cattle rustlers to be excluded from the Presidential amnesty and denied bail, as livestock theft devastates their communities.The call was made during a...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree villagers lose cattle due to damaged border fence
Villagers in Ward 16, Dombodema and Dombolefu areas of Bulilima District, Plumtree, are losing cattle due to a damaged fence on the Zimbabwe-Botswana border.The fence is believed to be comprom...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:29hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa MAY retire soon.' Cold comfort as long as Zanu PF rigs elections whacking povo; tail mercilessly whacking the dog.
"Mnangagwa may retire soon!" read the headline in Bulawayo 24. Judging from the number of views, the story was well received."Speaking in Shona, Mnangagwa suggested that he might not seek furt...Published: 27 May 2024 at 21:25hrs | 5 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa may retire soon
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has subtly indicated that he may soon retire from the presidency, rejecting calls from his supporters for an extension of his tenure beyond the constitutionally mandated t...Published: 25 May 2024 at 12:08hrs | 5 | 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
Top Zimbabwe army generals fired over housing corruption
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), which brings together the country's army and air force wings, has fired three senior military commanders at the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) over a multi-million-dol...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Donkey remains irk Bulawayo residents
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo have raised a red flag over fresh donkey parts found in the suburb, raising suspicions that the animals could have been stolen from surrounding areas and slaughte...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmer loses 50 head of cattle to thieves
AN organised cattle rustling syndicate has reportedly descended on Umguza District on the outskirts of Bulawayo where one farmer has been left counting losses after the thieves raided his farm and sto...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donkey meat concerns surfaces in Bulawayo
Ward 15 councilor Ashton Mhlanga has encouraged Cowdray Park residents to buy their meat from reputed licensed butcheries rather than backyards, following complaints of individuals selling donkey meat...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Life-changing international hunting benefits the world can't ignore
There is a generation in which wildlife brought clean-drinking water to thirsty humans, built them a school, a clinic, a road that linked them to the rest of the world and created employment.M...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:59hrs | 7 | by Emmanuel Koro
Chamisa defied by his councillors
On Monday, the councillors of Victoria Falls demonstrated their independence by defying their leader, Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), and instead, cast their votes for their...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Mayor finally elected
In a unanimous decision, Prince Thuso Dilelihle Moyo, the youthful Ward 7 councillor of Victoria Falls City, has been chosen as the city's new mayor. Joining him in leadership as deputy mayor is Ward ...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 22:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council raids 600 butcheries for bad meat
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has raided 618 business premises in the city and confiscated 724,57kg of meat deemed unfit for human consumption, latest council minutes reveal."Less premises (618)...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 400 meat vendors arrested, butcheries closed
More than 2 400 people have now been arrested countrywide since just before last Christmas, 154 of them since Sunday, as police intensify operations against illegal and unlicensed butcheries.S...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA registered car caught trying to ferry stolen cattle in Zimbabwe
A South African registered car has been caught trying to transport stolen cattle from Mberengwa. According to a message circulating on social media, it is believed the cattle were stolen in th...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF property baron boasts over illegal occupation of council beer hall
Former Zanu-PF councillor for Chitungwiza Town Council's Ward 7 and property baron Charamba Mlambo has taken to social media to boast about how he will keep clinging to council beer hall without any v...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Property upgrades transforming Bulawayo's economy
BULAWAYO is experiencing growth in corporates and property owners who are renovating old business premises and opening new facilities in a bid to align their operations with the latest business trends...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rolling power blackouts hit Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has announced a nationwide load shedding regime, which began Monday and will last up until Friday.ZETDC, a subsidiary of ...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Poverty is a choice'
SHE has set herself a target of being one of the biggest fish farmers in Matabeleland and Midlands region.Ms Patricia Tabengwa (67), a pensioner from Killarney suburb in Bulawayo believes that...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland East Pork producers open retail and wholesale meat distribution centre
The Mashonaland East Pork Producers Business Syndicate (MEPPBS), a group of farmers from four districts namely Goromonzi, Marondera, Seke, and Murehwa reg...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Cattle rustler cops arrested
GOVERNMENT has launched a crackdown on police officers linked to organised cattle rustling syndicates that operate along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border leading to the arrest of some suspects and their s...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana agree on electronic tags for cattle
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have agreed to electronically tag cattle for communities living along the border and the programme is set to be pioneered at Mlambaphele border area in Gwanda District, Matabelel...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK-based couple set up massive poultry project in rural Tsholotsho
A UNITED Kingdom (UK) based couple has invested back home through establishing a massive poultry project in rural Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, as it believes that there are plenty of business oppor...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson's 'Entabeni yegolide'
"Intaba yeWest" or "Entabeni yegolide", the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted.From afar, the mounta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where wildlife produces its own managers
When African wildlife 'sends' you to South Africa's Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) to study nature conservation, using international hunting revenue so that you can come back and manage it, yo...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 13:16hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Koro
Midlands police bemoan cops involvement in stock theft
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have bemoaned the involvement of police officers in stock-theft cases in Midlands province, with reports suggesting they are being paid as little as US$10 in bribes ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cattle carcasses recovered in suburb
Three cows and an ox's carcasses were found in a gully in the bushy area of Methodist Village and Magwegwe suburb on Wednesday morning.The carcasses were discovered in a gully by Goodwell Mhlo...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
13 unsafe food outlets detected in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council has listed 13 food outlets and butcheries as unsafe due to low hygiene levels.The latest council report shows that Fish and Chip King Takeaways on 9th Avenue, Mr Chips Ta...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Residents on shoot to kill
POLICE in Bulawayo are today expected to hold a crunch meeting with local business to strategise on how to deal with the increase in armed robberies in the city, while residents have called for a shoo...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops meet over surge in robberies
POLICE in Bulawayo are today expected to hold a crunch meeting with local business to strategise on how to deal with the increase in armed robberies in the city, while residents have called for a shoo...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop flees after stealing seven cattle
A Zimbabwe Republic Police officer (ZRP) based at Chombira police station, Chiweshe is on the run after he allegedly stole seven bovines from Centenary....Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 15:09hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Uninspected meat floods butcheries
Some farmers and butchers are selling condemned meat from livestock affected by diseases such as January disease and anthrax, instead of burning the carcasses. Although cases of tick-borne diseases ar...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Security forces move in to refurbish buildings
BUSINESS enterprises that were destroyed during violent protests in January 2019 are set to reopen after Government availed affordable loans to business owners, with security forces already on the gro...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
2019 protests: Affected businesses qualify for loans
BUSINESSES destroyed during protests in January 2019 qualify for affordable Government loans and now a team from the security forces is on the ground reconstructing destroyed and damaged buildings. ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shoppers in last-minute dash ahead of strict lockdown
Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) was a hive of activity, Monday, as residents made last-minute shopping ahead of the start of the latest Covid-19 induced month-long national lockdown set to co...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF supporters battler over Bromley farm
RUNNING battles between police and about 500 Zanu-PF supporters remain the order of day at Bromley's Subdivision H of Whiteside Farm a fortnight after the ruling party supporters were evicted from the...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka shut down flops
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday ignored desperate calls by a shadowy, pro-MDC Alliance group, Tajamuka and its affiliates to shut down the country on an anti-Government move to demonstrate against President Mna...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rape is social terrorism, stop rape
The desire to rape and at times commit murder is nurtured and not natured. What is so amusing and exciting in fighting to subdue and violate someone who does not love nor like you. Cases of ra...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 21:21hrs | 4 | by Thomas Murisa
Ex-cop, 2 others face stock theft charges
A FORMER Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer and two accomplices appeared at Chnhoyi Magistrates Court on Monday facing charges of stocktheft.The ex-cop, Delight Bungira (30) of Glen View, ...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners to enjoy more rights
Cabinet on Tuesday approved changes to the Prisons Act in a move that that will see prisoners being accorded constitutional rights they deserve in line with international norms and standards. ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa summons Billy Rautenbach
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has summoned controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach to answer to charges that he is denying thousands of Chingwizi villagers access to potable water after fencing off ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Butcheries sell infected meat
A RARE tick-borne disease (atheileriosis) is killing cattle at an alarming rate in Mutare district with some unscrupulous elements reportedly selling the carcases to butchery operators at give away pr...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Riots aftermath: Who pays the reconstruction bill?
The country was calm yesterday, encouraging a number of companies to open for business after three days of opposition-led anarchy in Bulawayo, Harare, Gweru, Gokwe, Kadoma and a few other places. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo loses property worth millions to violent protests
BUSINESSES in Bulawayo lost goods and property worth millions of dollars after violent protestors went on a looting spree and in some cases torched the buildings after looting. Supermarkets, s...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive power outage hits southern Zimbabwe
A MASSIVE power outage lasting more than 50 hours hit southern Zimbabwe at the weekend after poorly maintained pylons near Chiredzi succumbed to heavy storms, cutting electricity trunk lines in the so...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gaddafi son refuses deportation from Zimbabwe to Libya
THE late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's adopted son, Abdallha Moussa Mone Yousuf Mouammare Aboutminiyare Al Gaddafi, who is detained at Harare Remand Prison as an illegal immigrant, was at one time d...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Make the customer king again
The marketing mantra 'customer is king' seem to have melted away with time as traders take their customers for granted. Gone are the days when shopping was a pleasure, to be received with a smile as o...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 09:01hrs | 7 | by Gabarinocheka
Police arrest donkey-meat peddler
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a suspected donkey-meat seller, who had allegedly stolen the beast, slaughtered it and sold the meat to unsuspecting residents.Bulawayo acting police spokesper...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Butchery manager lucky to be alive as armed robber strikes
A manager at a local butchery is lucky to be alive after an armed robber allegedly jumped into his car in the city centre and forced him to drive to Montrose suburb before robbing him of $7 000. ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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