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89 cattle die daily in Matebeleland South
The Department of Veterinary Services has sounded the alarm over a drastic surge in cattle deaths in Matebeleland South, attributing the sharp increase to the deadly January disease. Daily mortality r...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:55hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa cuts a lone figure at Sadc summit
During the Sadc Heads of State and Government summit, President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the chairmanship from Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco. The summit, a key regio...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:22hrs | 4747 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assumes SADC chairmanship
COUNTRIES in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) must be confident of their abilities, as the region should be modernised and industrialised by its own citizens, President Mnangagwa has ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 20:42hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
President Masisi to participate at Sadc Sjummit in Zimbabwe
The President of Botswana, Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, will participate at the 44th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of States and Government, on 17 August 2024.The 44th SADC Summit will...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 17:01hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Meet the Zimbabwean who paid R8m for a SA bull
Over the weekend, Zimbabwean farmer Collins Tafireyi paid R8 million for a single bull at an auction in Mpumalanga, suddenly bringing attention to his ambition to become one of Africa's biggest pedigr...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 10:18hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Spanish tourist trampled to death by an elephant in South Africa
Management at the Pilanesberg National Park has extended its condolences to the family of a Spanish tourist, after he was trampled to death by an elephant at the weekend.It is believed that th...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 15:49hrs | 50 | 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
How Princess Zinkabi attempted a coup on King Lobhengula
Princess Zinkabi was King Mzilikazi's daughter. She was married to Mbiko the son of Madlenya Masuku. Mbiko was a powerful warrior who was respected in the northern Ndebele kingdom.Mbiko Masuku...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 16:24hrs | 8 | by Thomas Sibanda
Zimbabwe elephants die as water sources dry up
THE ongoing dry spell has taken a heavy toll on wildlife with reports that several animals have succumbed to dehydration as water holes have dried up.Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Aut...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
SADC convenes extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe over elections
THE Southern African Development (Sadc) will hold an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government on Zimbabwe on Wednesday under the auspices of its current chairperson, Angolan President JoÃ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo businessman sues SA investor over 108 cattle 'swindle'
A BULAWAYO businessman has taken a South Africa-based investor Mr Louis Le Roux to court for allegedly fraudulently selling his 108 cattle worth over US$42 000 without his knowledge.Mr Le Roux...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gayo coup attempt on Charumbira suffers still birth
Attempts by Pan African Parliament 2nd Vice President Dr Ahebiri Gayo from Ethiopia to effect a coup on President Chief Fortune Charumbira during his absence on elections in Zimbabwe suffered a still ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 22:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charumbira not fired from PAP, it's fake news
The Pan African Parliament speaks on the fake story of the firing of Chief Charumbira.Team Pachedu on Friday said in a statement:"Chief Fortune Charumbira (ZANU-PF) has been fired from...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 21:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Sadc must probe Dr Mumba'
SADC must immediately investigate the conduct of the head of its election observer mission to Zimbabwe, Dr Nevers Mumba, for attempting to aid illegal regime change in the country through fomenting a ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 8 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Deathbed confession leads to arrest of suspect
A suspected cattle thief from Somnene Plot in Plumtree, Matabeleland South province, was arrested in a dramatic fashion after his accomplice made a stunning confession on his deathbed. Before he died,...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malema praises Chief Charumbira
SOUTH Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader, Mr Julius Malema, says anyone could have been elected as leader of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) but they found Zimbabwe's Chief Fortune...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donations pour in for Nkayi cattle loss family
WELL-WISHERS who have been touched by the story of the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant have mobilised donations including cattle to be handed over to...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
21-cattle loss: 8 family members on suicide watch
MALE and female members of a Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province, who lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant, have been sleeping in the same room since the fatal accid...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family accidentally poisons 21 cattle
A Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province has been left distraught after losing 21 cattle valued at over US$8 500 following a breakdown in communication which resulted in a dangerous grain protect...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hyenas terrorise Esigodini villagers
HYENAS have wreaked havoc in Umzingwane district, Matabeleland South province, where they are killing livestock.Villagers yesterday told Southern Eye that this had become a perennial problem....Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets commander convicted of stealing 17 beasts
MASHONALAND Central's self-styled war veterans commander Dzingai Nevhunjere, who at the height of the land reform programme in 2002 allegedly terrorised commercial farmers in Mazowe district, wa...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MLF remembers David Magagula
Long live the defiant spirit of Comrade David Magagula long live!Forward with the struggle for Mthwakazi liberation forward!Vuka Mthwakazi Vuka!!!Mthwakazi kaNdaba, today marks a full ...Published: 18 May 2021 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by MLF
Leopard terrorises Insiza
VILLAGERS at Ndwangu line in Insiza, Matabeleland South, are being terrorised by a leopard which is attacking their livestock amid complaints that authorities are taking long to respond to the problem...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lightning strike kills 19 cattle
Five families on the outskirts of Victoria Falls under Chief Mvuthu were left counting their losses after 19 cattle were killed by lightning during a heavy storm in the early hours of Saturday....Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 18:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Lightning kills 15 cattle
A 36-YEAR-OlD Beatrice farmer was on Christmas Day left counting his losses after a bolt of lightning struck and killed his 15 cattle.Mashonaland East provincial police spokesperson Inspector ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hyenas attack, devour man
A pack of six hyenas killed Mr Tendai Maseka (46) in his hut on Monday night and ate his torso. Only his arms, legs and head were found the next day in Bangure Village in the Holy Cross area u...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Wayward Child
After an uneasy pregnancy and long hours of labour pains, there was a great celebration when baby Lerato was finally born. Lerato was born into a broken family of school dropouts. Her elder siblings n...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 12:05hrs | 1 | by Salom Shilongo
Leopard scare in Filabusi
VILLAGERS at Filabusi in Insiza district of Matabeleland South have expressed fears over a leopard and its puppies terrorising their area.Village head in Ndwangu area Godfrey Makhulumo Ndlovu ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Solar Ear Tag GPS Tracker
Greetings.I just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce our latest ear tag with Find Me software (fits all livestock). It sells for R1800 only. We offer two (2) types of Liv...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Justice Maphosa
US to support Zimbabwe's trade in baby elephants
US zoos now plan to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe, undeterred by the international furore over their 2016 import of 18 wild elephants from Swaziland.The US Association of Zoos and Aquari...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 15:43hrs | 9 | by Melissa Reitz
Mutsvangwa pins parallel market financial distortions on Old Mutual
FORMER Presidential Advisor Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa has blamed Old Mutual for causing parallel market financial distortions where the exchange rate has "inordinately" risen due to the Old Mutual I...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ED Mnangagwa cannot eat his cake and still have it
At some time, after Samuel had anointed Saul as king of Israel, the LORD commanded king Saul saying, "'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they cam...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Hyenas wreak havoc in Tsholotsho
A serious human-wildlife conflict is brewing in Tsholotsho with hyenas terrorising people in the district's two wards.Villagers in the two wards have already lost over 30 goats and about 25 ca...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vendors use catapults to save German tourist from elephant attack
A TOURIST who was left for dead by an elephant bull in Victoria Falls on Saturday has been identified as Frank Sternhardt, a 56-year-old German national and has since been airlifted to South Africa fo...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Beef cattle calendar guideline
Beef cattle calendar guidelineJANUARYEnd of bulling for mature cows on 31 JanuaryDe- worm all stock above six months against liverfluke in problem areasDe –worm against roundworms in...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 16:03hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland bull fetches $24 000
WHOEVER coined the idiom "laughing all the way to the bank" might have probably had one of Matabeleland region and the country's best cattle rancher and stud breeder, Dr Themba Dlodlo of Nguni Brahman...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Angola is sending top envoy to Harare
MDC Alliance leader and presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa told his supporters that Angolan president Joao Manuel Goncalves has dispatching his foreign affairs minister to Zimbabwe to assess the si...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
ED is a visionary leader, 4 + 10 is 40 indeed
The starting point is the speech at one of the rallies where ED with a foresight said if you have ten cows and four calves you have already gotten forty cattle. Most dull and good for nothing people s...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 10:31hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Rosy outlook for Mugabe firm
While former President Robert Mugabe might have been ousted from power, his dairy firm is flourishing behind the scenes, recording an increase in capacity utilisation.Mugabe, the only leader Z...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Why I became a dissident
Independence in Zimbabwe was not a time for jubilation for most ex-combatants as some found homes they had left intact destroyed and families killed, leaving them with nowhere to go.For the ma...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confusion as Zimbabwe promises review of elephant exports amidst global condemnation
Three weeks after 31 young elephants were exported, presumedly to China, Zimbabw...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 10:37hrs | 3 | by Adam Cruise and Christina Russo
'Flying' President off to Mozambique
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today visit Mozambique where he is expected to meet his counterpart, President Filipe Nyusi and Zimbabweans resident in that country. The President has embarked on a regional ...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmer demands 19 beasts from cattle rustlers
A cattle farmer in Gwanda has sued three men suspected of operating a cattle rustling syndicate demanding that they return 19 beasts which they allegedly stole from him or they pay him the sum of $24 ...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 09:22hrs | | by staff reporter
#TBT: Why I became a dissident - Thambolenyoka
This article was first publish by the Southern Eye on the 16th of September 2014. #TBTIndependence in Zimbabwe was not a time for jubilation for most e...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Elephant calves exported from Zimbabwe as China bans ivory trade
China has reportedly imported more than 30 wild caught elephant calves from Zimbabwe in a controversial if not cynical move which took place on the very day China banned the sale of ivory.31 w...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 13:20hrs | 22 | by Christina Russo and Adam Cruise
The Lost Kingdom - The rise and fall of the Kalanga Monarchy
As we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of our republic it may be noted that modern Botswana as a whole, and not just communities in the north-east, has its ancient Ikalanga roots.They run deep in ...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 11:11hrs | 2 | by Jeff Ramsay
Chunga's Cosafa humiliation
ZIMBABWE's dismal performance at the ongoing Under-17 Cosafa Challenge Cup in Mauritius has left more questions than answers.The Moses Chunga-coached lads found the going extremely tough, fail...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nepotistic Under-17s crash out
MOSES CHUNGA has questioned the ages of the opponents his fresh-faced teenagers are facing at the Cosafa Under-17 Championships in Mauritius after the Young Warriors crashed to their second straight d...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
PICTURE: Barcelona star Neymar in Zimbabwe
FC Barcelona superstar and Lionel Messi's teammate Neymar da Silva Santos Junior is currently enjoying a winter holiday in Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls with his familyHe was also in South Africa'...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 11:09hrs | 3 | by Ndou Paul
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