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Tsholotsho man battles for life after hippo attack
A Tsholotsho man is currently fighting for his life at Mpilo Central Hospital after being attacked by a hippopotamus at a local dam in Chief Tategulu, Matabeleland North province. The victim, identifi...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 16:03hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe Grand Tour can now be yours - for US$21 000 per person
You can now experience a recreation of the Grand Tour: One for the Road route across Zimbabwe – minus Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond – if you have about US$21 000 (per person) to s...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:35hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
The Grand Tour: One for The Road - Zimbabwe edition to premiere on September 13
Prime Video has now unveiled a first look at the final episode of The Grand Tour: One For The Road.The first look snaps reveal emotional Grand Tour stars Jeremy Clarkson, 64, Richard Hammond, ...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 15:32hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Binga South MP laments nepotism at RDC
Fanuel Cumanzala, the legislator for Binga South (CCC), has accused the Binga Rural District Council (RDC) of rampant nepotism and corruption, which he claims has led to employees going unpaid for ove...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 09:18hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners fuel Zimbabwe's wildlife illicit financial flows
It was business as usual for Mgcini Ncube when he was caught by detectives while skinning an impala deep inside Victoria Falls' Zambezi National Park.Ncube (37) had set up a temporary structur...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
SADC loses iconic conservationist as WhatsApp gives hunting communities 'permanent' voice in the media
The director of Zimbabwe CAMPFIRE Association, Mr Charles Jonga's death on 6 May 2023, signaled SADC's loss of an important wildlife conservation voice in the media.In an interview this week f...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mozambican community's conflict with safari hunting company ends in success - a lesson for all
Mozambique's international hunting challenges and opportunities , including those of other African countries come under the spotlight when it hosts the African Wildlife Consultative Forum in Maputo in...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Why Tanzania can't afford to harm own hunting community
With international hunting bringing benefits that include wildlife and habitat conservation, including meeting the socio-economic needs of communities co-existing with wildlife, Tanzania can't afford ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 12:47hrs | 5 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa's wife appointed wildlife ambassador
WILDLIFE conservation requires team work as it calls for serious attention, commitment and dedication, First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa said on Monday night while accepting her new role as the country...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pay 100% of international hunting revenue to campfire communities
Christmas has certainly come early for Zimbabwe's hunting communities who are soon going to receive 100% payments from international hunting revenue. Under the Communal Areas Manage...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 10:37hrs | 8 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa tightens firm chokehold on Jonathan Moyo
FORMER cabinet minister, MP and Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo, who escaped by death by a whisker when the army stormed his home and that of a friend guns blazing during the 2017 military coup...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Binga to benefit from US$100,000 irrigation project
COMMUNITIES in Binga are set to benefit from a US$100 000 irrigation project funded by the Campfire Association of Zimbabwe (Caz) in partnership with the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Ar...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland groups urged to push for control of resources
MATABELELAND-BASED residents associations have been challenged to unite in demanding that locals take control and benefit from their natural resources to end cyclical poverty.The calls were ma...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to maintain must-visit international hunting destination status
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic's disruptive waves that continue to result in international travel bans, the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe (SOAZ) plans to mount a 2022 vigorous campaign, in o...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 21:37hrs | 7 | by Emmanuel Koro
Uproar over Tsholotsho elephant sales
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) has been accused of selling elephants for a song to concession holders under the Government quota system.Communities living near national parks are allo...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Locals breath fire over exported timber
The Rushinga community has blasted its traditional leadership, Forestry Commission and Rural District Council for corruptly awarding an obscure company kn...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
'Withholding COVID-19 allowances to unvaccinated workers illegal'
CIVIC society groups yesterday blasted threats by government to scrap insurance pay-outs for unvaccinated frontline workers saying these were tactics to enforce mandatory vaccination of civil servants...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 stalls Tsholotsho Campfire projects
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council acting chief executive Nkululeko Sibanda yesterday said the Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) programme in the district has been...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EMA speaks on Mavhuradonha Chinese company
Environmental Management Agency (EMA) Mashonaland Central has said the renewal of the Environmental Impact assessment EIA of the Chinese Afrochine Smelting was issued on the basis of Memorandum of Agr...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 16:28hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's govt tramples on indigenous people's rights
THE lack of laws protecting indigenous people's rights in Zimbabwe is exposing rural communities to human rights abuses, it has been established, with the African Commission on Human and People's Righ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange school neglected two years after storm
The state of Ndangababi Primary School in Cross Dete reflects that of many rural schools in Hwange district. Lack of furniture and dilapidated classroom blocks are commonplace.Attending lesson...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambican community's promising hunting revenue powered development
Wildlife hunting is increasingly becoming the main 'driver' for not only socio-economic development but also for wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation, in southern African communities that co...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 17:03hrs | 3 | by Emmanuel Koro
Conned to trade freedoms and rights for 'peace and prosperity' only to lose all to Banana Republic - haven't learnt lesson
Mnangagwa and Zanu PF do not like anything that threatens the regime's iron grip on power. The soaring numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in Zimbabwe have been an eye opener for many Zimbabweans....Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 16:28hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Council splashes US$480k on chefs' cars
CHIREDZI Rural District Council (RDC) has pampered its six top executives with top-of-the-range Toyota Hilux GD-6 double-cab vehicles at a time service delivery has plunged to unprecedented levels....Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Demand Arrest Of Chicken Thieves Not Wildlife Poachers' - Animal Rights Tell Africans
One of the most curious and harmful lessons that Western animal rights groups continue to teach African rural communities co-existing with wildlife and the African public, in general, is 'demand the a...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 12:54hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Koro
Where wildlife produces medical doctors
In Africa, some communities still don't have a single person who has graduated as a medical doctor. The reasons are many. It could be a lack of funds for brilliant children to further their ed...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 8 | by Emmanuel Koro
Why SADC countries still 'oppose' rhino horn trade
SADC countries have individually decided not to get involved in the non-commercial international trade in rhino horn. This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa slams Cites 'dictatorship'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday called for free trade in wildlife products to ensure a positive impact on national economies adding that an ivory trade ban has resulted in the country having stockpiles ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hungry lions hoovering around to devour Nyaminyami RDC response
I am Mwiimpu Hanjeleha of Monze, Zambia. I read the above story in your news online. I have been serving in the NGOs sector in that district. The persons being attacked in that piece I know them total...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Mwiimpu Hanjeleha
Killer Campfire ranger granted $100 bail
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire), who allegedly accidentally killed a 62-year-old Jambezi woman as he tried t...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ranger in court for shooting villager
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) has been taken to court for accidentally shooting a 62-year-old Jambezi woma...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ranger misses elephant, kills villager
A 61-year-old woman from Chenamisa village in Hwange rural has been accidentally killed by a CAMPFIRE ranger who was aiming at a stray elephant which had destroyed crops in nearby homesteads. ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 20:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 council officials arrested over $63 000
Six top Nyaminyami Rural District Council officials have been arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office involving $63 000 of council funds.The six, who have been languishing in custody s...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP-elect pledges to fulfil pre-poll promises
Newly-elected National Assembly member for Beitbridge East Constituency Albert Nguluvhe of Zanu-PF has pledged to fulfil his pre-elections promises that are in line with the party's 2018 elections man...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to transform Hwange Colliery, says Chiwenga
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Rtd) yesterday said Government has put in place a raft of measures for Hwange Colliery Company Limited to return to its status as one of the biggest employ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T councillor takes on minister Abednico Ncube
An MDC-T councillor for Kabuba ward 17 in Binga has confronted Rural Development, Promotion and Preservation of National Culture and Heritage minister Abednico Ncube for suspending him over allegation...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange lion killings undermine conservation efforts
Two endangered lionesses were killed after being lured out of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe to a hunting trap set up using meat from a cow they allegedly killed the previous...Published: 12 May 2017 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Oscar Nkala
Lions kill 32 goats, 8 cattle in two weeks
LIONS are wreaking havoc in Binga, killing livestock after straying into villages.About 32 goats and eight cattle have been killed in two weeks by lions in Chitete village, Sinansengwe...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bestiality suspect requests for victim's examination
A BEITBRIDGE man accused of bestiality yesterday drew laughter from a fully-packed magistrate's court when he requested that his victim, a donkey, be examined to confirm the charge.Tawanda...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Elephant kills Lupane man
A 28-YEAR-OLD man was on Wednesday night killed by an elephant in Lupane while guarding his field as wild animals wreak havoc in the district.Sifelani Ncube's body was found on Thursday mo...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Binga Councillor concerned over selection of Environment management committees
Binga Kabuba ward 17 Councillor for MDC-T Themba Munkombwe has written a letter to Council’s Chief Executive Officer Joshua Muzamba complaining about the criteria used to select village environm...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 07:29hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
#ThisFlag star sets, still it would be premature for Mugabe to celebrate
Pastor Evan Mawarire and his #ThisFlag is like one of those musical tunes with catchy lyrics that become a sensation overnight. However having raised the public expectation to such great heights the m...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 19:35hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Man watches as elephants trample wife to death
A MAN watched as elephants trampled his wife to death after a falling log speared him through the thigh and pinned him to the ground in Binga District. The jumbos destroyed a garden shed where...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Whinsley Masara
How to remove Mugabe in 24 Hrs
The power of human beings lies in the ability to organise themselves against adversity. Power to organise is THE STRENGTH which made humans conquer the harsh forests of Africa 6 000 years ago and deve...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 20:36hrs | 1 | by Rakanga Danble
Zim govt partner with Germany on Gonarezhou National Park management
HE Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri has said Zimbabwe government has partnered with the Parks Authority and the Frankfurt Zoological Society of Germany in the manage...Published: 06 May 2016 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsholotsho man attacked, killed by elephant
A 44-YEAR-OLD man was attacked and killed by an elephant at Mlageni grazing area in Tsholotsho on Monday. Jinja Moyo from Tshayani Line in Ward 10 was trampled by the jumbo after taking his ca...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 23:50hrs | 1 | by Whinsley Masara
Man survives buffalo attack
A MAN survived a buffalo attack while herding cattle after about 50 buffalo strayed from the Hwange National Park due to the destruction of the animal sanctuary's perimeter fence.Qhaba Thebe, ...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
'Take cue from President Mugabe'
After what was fast turning into an embarrassing soap opera over the indigenisation Policy as the minister responsible, Patrick Zhuwao, and Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa publicly differed on a ne...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Zindoga
Top officials fingered in poaching
Highly-placed people, staff in rural district councils and safari operators are involved in poaching, Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said. Minister Muchinguri-Kas...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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