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Zimbabwe ministry warns cattle farmers of deadly January disease outbreak
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development has issued a stern warning to cattle farmers across Zimbabwe following an outbreak of the deadly January disease, also known...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 08:05hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Goat production gains traction in drought-hit Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe continues to battle the effects of an El Niño-induced drought, goat farming is emerging as a resilient and economically viable solution for farmers facing increasingly harsh climatic cond...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:50hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zim Vet targets 100k semen to boost national herd
In their efforts to increase national herd and improve genetics of local populations (cattle) through breeding, Zimbabwe Directorate of Veterinary Services' 2024 to 2025 upcoming bulling season is tar...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 18:09hrs | 222 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
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 | 4 | 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 | 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 | 16 | by Staff reporter
Minister Soda in stock theft storm
Police in Muzarabani are up in arms with Energy Minister Zhemu Soda who is also Muzarabani North legislator. In a police document ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 15:38hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani
Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka's Phala Phala farm robbery investigator managed by Ramaphosa' people
One of the Public Protector investigators probing the Phala Phala farm robbery is allegedly being managed by two people on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa.The investigator, whose name is k...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 17:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers, cattle rustlers in bloody clashes
MASHABA area in Matabeleland South province was the scene of bloody clashes at the weekend after Botswana cattle farmers teamed up with Gwanda villagers to attack suspected cattle rustlers.The...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Highway fence theft hits Matebeleland South
Highway fence theft has hit Matebeleland South province and cattle farmers are pleading for urgent government intervention to curb rising road traffic accidents due to stray livestock in the area....Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cattle farmers must use proper stockfeed for livestock survival
CATTLE farmers in Matebeleland have been encouraged to use proper stockfeed for their livestock to ensure their survival, particularly during the dry season.Matabeleland South Provincial Veter...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Cattle investment vehicle launched
WITH advancements in digital currencies, one would naturally expect Zimbabwe's financial system and or capital markets to be seized with understanding and regulating crypto currencies.But the ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:14hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Gono mourns Doug Munatsi
It is with great sadness that my family and I mourn the untimely death of a fine, seasoned banker and patriotic son of the soil, Douglas Munatsi in tragic circumstances not yet explained to the nation...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 13 | by Dr Gideon Gono
Police, soldiers implicated in cattle rustling racket
CATTLE farmers in Matabeleland South province have been losing their livestock to rustling syndicates that they believe were working in cahoots with soldiers and police officers.Farmers told S...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Blackleg disease hits Silobela
AN outbreak of blackleg disease has hit Silobela, with cattle farmers in the area suspecting that it could have been triggered by wet conditions caused by incessant rains in the country.Silobe...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Do something to save the rural herd
The rural herd is on a terrible decline, cattle succumbing to a plethora of both known and unknown livestock diseases. Most cattle pens are now nearly empty, with some now home to only two or ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Tondo
No cattle no cry,-PFumvunza will weather the storm
Do the health authorities and consumers at large know that bovine mortality is finding its way into towns and cities where it is sold as choice beef cuts? The disfunctionality of cattle dip ta...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:59hrs | | by Tondo
The 1929 Bulawayo Shona-Ndebele fights reconsidered
From Christmas Eve of 1929 to the end of that year, Bulawayo was an ungovernable city marred by fights between Shona, on the one hand (perceived as a 'common enemy’), and forces that were predomina...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:34hrs | 8 | by Enocent Msindo
Meat prices continue to rise
THE prices of meat and most beef products have continued to increase despite Government's efforts to normalise the price hike situation.While prices of most basic commodities have started goin...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt introduces digital cattle tracking system
THE Government has introduced a sophisticated digitalised cattle tracking system to curb stocktheft and quicken the process of cattle clearance in the country.The system, which is linked to th...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally shoves out contestants
It is going to be a dog-eat-dog in Zanu-PF primary elections slated for May 05, 2018 amid allegations that the Masvingo provincial executive made some shocking decisions to disqualify at least eight s...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 14:41hrs | 3 | 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
Paddy Zhanda sabotaging Mugabe and Matabeleland farmers
PRESS STATEMENT FROM MATABELELAND COUNCIL OF UNIONSThe Provincial Chairpersons of all farmer unions and associations in Matabeleland met on 6 March 2017 in Bulawayo ...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 11:09hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Minister Made argues cattle farmers to de-stock their cattle
The Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Joseph Made has said farmers are challenged to de-stock their herds in order to avoid losing their livestock through drought.&...Published: 13 Feb 2016 at 08:13hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Midlands depots run out of grain
THE Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs, Jason Machaya, has said some depots have run out of grain in the province leaving most families in a desperate situation in drought stricken area...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 05:24hrs | | by Elizabeth Tsuro
Cattle farmers in Mat'land South accuse RDCs for scuttling development
Cattle farmers in Matabeleland South have accused Rural District councils for not having policies to ensure that the farmers get pastoral farming in the province.A farmer and businessman Campi...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Farm take over sparks resistance from villagers
The recent take over of a white-owned farm on the outskirts of Masvingo city by new Zanu-PF provincial chairman Ezra Chadzamira has sparked resistance from villagers in the area.Chadzamira was...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 05:33hrs | | by George Maponga
Businessman tied, axed 7 times
A 56-year-old Beitbridge businessman was fatally struck with an axe seven times on the back and head after his hands were tied with an electric cable by three unknown assailants who broke into his ho...Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 19:45hrs | 5 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Mat South farmers offload cattle
Cattle farmers in Matabeleland South have begun off-loading their livestock in a bid to avoid losing them to drought which agricultural stakeholders have predicted to be worse than last year. ...Published: 16 May 2013 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cattle buyers reap off farmers
The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has warned the public against "unscrupulous" cattle buyers who will take advantage of the drought to rip-off farmers.With drought threatening most ...Published: 04 May 2012 at 12:58hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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