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Bulawayo dismisses cyanide poisoning claims
The Bulawayo City Council has dismissed social media claims alleging contamination of tap water with cyanide and other chemicals, reaffirming its commitment to providing safe water to the public. ...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 13:44hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Poisoning fears at Bulawayo supply dam
THERE are fears of cyanide poisoning at Upper Ncema Dam owing to mining activities at Alice Farm in Umzingwane district, that are also posing a serious environmental threat.This was revealed i...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 10:10hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Insiza cattle succumbing to cyanide
SOME villagers in Gcabayi, Insiza district of Matebeleland South province, are losing livestock after drinking water contaminated with cyanide disposed of along the Umzingwane River by artisanal miner...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe Jnr hospitalised
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's son Robert Jnr has reportedly been hospitalised in Singapore after his right lung collapsed.The health condition is known as pneumothorax.Pneu...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZRP gold mine shut over cyanide leaks
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has shut down a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)-owned gold mine in Beatrice over reports of cyanide leakage at the site.EMA ordered the closure of Joyc...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
11 elephants found dead in Hwange
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is conducting investigations to establish the cause of death of eleven elephants in Pandamasue Forest located between Hwange and Victori...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 9 lives of a cat
THEY say there are many ways of killing a cat.But for President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), who has survived several attempts on his life in different formats, the old cliche does not ring ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by Tatenda Chitagu
I am ready to lead MDC-T, Cdes
MY former Comrades. Things are going from bad to worse back home, I am told. They are going so bad that some prominent figures in the opposition MDC-T party, who are convinced that Morgan has effectiv...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by CZ
Cyanide poisoning claim 251 elephants since 2013
251 elephants have been killed due to cyanide poisoning since 2013 as the country continues to battle with the worrying scourge of poaching which is threatening Zimbabwe's wildlife heritage.Th...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 13:00hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
13 jumbos die in 'cyanide poisoning'
THIRTEEN elephants were found dead in a bush between Fuller Forest and Chikandakubi area outside Victoria Falls town on Wednesday in yet another suspected case of cyanide poisoning.A villager ...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning saga deepens, Mugabe tried to conceal medical findings
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe initially wanted Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to conceal medical findings in his poisoning saga, fearing the issue could rock the boat in the ruling Zanu PF party, but the...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cross-border poacher faces extradition
NOTORIOUS Zimbabwean cross-border poaching kingpin, Dumisani Moyo, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody to August 10 pending his extradition to Botswana for ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo wanted to kill Chiwenga in Mgagao?
CID LAW AND ORDER, HARARE DR /3/17 STATEMENT" "BORROWDALE CR. 397/3/17JONATHAN NATHANIEL MOYO NR. 63-857281-M-73 STATES 01. I am a male adult bearing the ...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:57hrs | | by Online
Germans take control of Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou
GOVERNMENT has surrendered management of the Gonarezhou National Park to a German based-firm, Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), after failing to contain rampant poaching which was threatening to wip...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 09:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
War vets rally behind Mugabe, attacks G40
War veterans say they rally behind President Mugabe's leadership and the liberation legacy that brought the country's independence, saying their enemy was the G40 faction in Zanu-PF that wanted to...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another suspected cyanide poisoning kills 14 cattle at aplot
Yet another suspected cyanide poisoning has killed 14 cattle at Plot Number 7 in Mutasa district.Plans to contribute towards the development of the national herd suffered a huge blow for Mr Fu...Published: 20 Dec 2016 at 15:59hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Cyanide poisoning claim 12 cattle
Three farmers in Kadoma have lost 12 herd of cattle in a suspected cyanide poisoning scenario.The death's occurred near Eiffel Gold Mine in Kadoma. According to state run ...Published: 19 Dec 2016 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vultures face extinction as betting outlets sprout
THE mushrooming of sports betting outlets has given rise to a demand for a concoction of vulture body parts used as luck charms, a factor which might result in the extinction of the carnivorous bi...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere faces probe
Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere is reportedly under probe for his role in facilitating the illegal sale of 85 tonnes of ivory in China. Government sources said that Vice Presi...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Policeman shot dead in friendly fire while chasing poachers
Four suspected poachers poisoned four elephants to death by spiking a water pan with cyanide in the Sinamatella area of the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe early on Sunday.More than 300 eleph...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 10:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Man blame his ancestors
A TSHOLOTSHO man has been arrested after he was found in possession of four elephant tusks.He claimed he was a traditional healer and his ancestors had led him to the place with dead elephants...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Game warden found dead, undressed at national park
A game warden was found dead and undressed in Gonarezhou National Park last Sunday, a discovery that has rattled both villagers and wildlife conservationists in the area.Wardens are said to ha...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 10:26hrs | | by Langton Nyakwenda
Muchinguri hits back
Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Oppah Muchinguri has hit back at Tsholotsho RDC chairperson Alois Ndebele who accused her of stalling development projects in Tsholotsho by frus...Published: 22 Mar 2016 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cops recover 19kg elephant tusks
POLICE in Bulawayo have recovered elephant tusks weighing 19 kilogrammes believed to have been smuggled from Hwange National Park. The ivory was recovered on Sunday following a random police search on...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 10:05hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Chinese govt donates anti-poaching equipment
The Chinese government has donated vehicles and equipment worth US$2 million to the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority to enhance wildlife conservation efforts in the country....Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cyanide poisoning - Eight men arrested
Eight men from Hwange and Tsholotsho districts have been arrested on suspicion of being directly linked to the recent incidents of cyanide poisoning which led to the death of scores of elephants betwe...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 00:47hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Animal rights activist gears for sponsored walk against elephants killing
The animal rights activists Samuel Nkomo is geared for the sponsored walk from Matopos National Parks to Victoria Falls in a bid to increase awareness on the issue of protecting wildlife and [protesti...Published: 24 Nov 2015 at 05:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe army burning cyanide-poisoned elephants
The army has taken over the disposal of carcasses of elephants and other animals and birds that died of cyanide poisoning in the Hwange National Park, according to Johnny Rodriguez, chairman of the Zi...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 21:19hrs | | by Jonga Kandemiiri
2 Zimbabweans arrested in Hong Kong over 36kg ivory
TWO men who were travelling from Zimbabwe to Hong Kong have been detained after 36kgs of suspected ivory products were found in their luggage.Media reports from Hong Kong said the two men aged...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 05:38hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Bail for Sunday Mail editor granted
A Zimbabwean court has granted bail to three journalists accused of slander after they allegedly implicated an unnamed top police officer and other officials in the fatal cyanide poisonings of mor...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 20:04hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwe government 'intimidating' media
Human rights group Amnesty International has strongly criticised the arrest of three journalists in Zimbabwe, calling it a "shocking attempt to intimidate the press".Amnesty's comments on ...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 09:47hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Police slammed for journalists arrest
The arrest of two Sunday Mail reporters and an editor has been widely condemned as a gross violation of basic constitutional rights.The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) and other legal thin...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 19:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa narrates the vagaries of war in parliament
THE MINISTER of Welfare Services for War Meterans, War Collaboration, Former detainees and Restrictees, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has narrated the vagaries of the liberation war that were experienced by...Published: 02 Nov 2015 at 10:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Top Zimbabwe cop fingered in poaching saga
A syndicate comprising police officers, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers and Asians is behind the latest spate of elephant killings in Hwange National Park, it has emerged.One o...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Brian Chitemba and Tinashe Farawo
Mnangagwa avoids Zanu-PF HQ office
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly avoided using his official VP's office at the Zanu-PF headquarters in Harare on security grounds following a suspected cyanide poisoning attack last De...Published: 19 Oct 2015 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
More animals die of cyanide poisoning in Mat North
Cyanide poisoning has claimed hundreds of birds, three zebras, a warthog and a cheetah at a Nyamandlovu ranch.Poachers used cyanide to kill the animals last Wednesday at Dingwall Ranch o...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Five people arrested over cyanide poisoning scam
Zimbabwe Parks and Wild Life Management has said they have picked five suspects in connection with the cyanide poisoning which killed the elephants at Hwange National Parks.Suspected poachers ...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
11 elephants killed in cyanide attack
Eleven elephants have been found dead at Number Nine area and Deka Safari area in the past week in a case suspected to be cyanide poisoning.The first batch of elephant carcasses comprising fou...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 14:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's office burgled
POLICE have launched an investigation following a break in at the offices of the Minister of Transport, Communication and Infrastructural Development, Obert Mpofu, in Harare yesterday. ...Published: 03 Jan 2015 at 04:25hrs | | by Loveness Bepete
Zimbabwe elephants poisoning continues
Five elephants have died of cyanide poisoning since January as poachers continue to wreak havoc in national parks, a senior official has said.Jefferson Matipano, acting director of Zimbabwe Na...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
EMA wake up and show that you are alive
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) must take serious consideration to the environmental conservation measures for the sustainability of economic development and protection of the environmen...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 12:40hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Govt officials fingered in cyanide poisoning
The mastermind in one of the country's biggest ecological disasters, which resulted in the death of more than 100 elephants at the Hwange National Park, is walking free because bureaucrats tempere...Published: 15 Apr 2014 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zahara returns to Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN songstress Zahara, real name Bulelwa Mkutukana, of the Loliwe fame is expected to perform at this year's second edition of the Green Concert slated for 7 Arts Theatre on May 9 at Av...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Latest conflict resource: poachers on the prowl for ivory
An average of about 45 elephants per day were illegally killed in 2011 in every two of five protected sites holding elephant populations in Africa, thanks to the growing illegal trade in ivory, ...Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 22:33hrs | 1 | by Pavithra Rao
'Don't tempt cops with bribes,' says Mujuru
Vice President Joice Mujuru has told police officers to stop engaging in corruption saying this was tarnishing the image of the force.Addressing a pass out parade of 546 police officers, Muju...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique insurgency threat to regional security
RAMPANT poaching and threats to political stability posed by the rebel Alfonso Dhlakama-led Renamo in Mozambique are serious regional issues, which should be dealt with urgently, officials said yester...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 13:46hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
Ex-cop sentenced over cyanide poisoning of elephants
THE former police officer from Jotsholo in Lupane District who poisoned 23 elephants to death with cyanide, working in cahoots with five villagers, was yesterday slapped with a four year...Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 16:02hrs | 10 | by Ndou Paul
Cop arrested for cyanide poisoning of jumbos and $1million ivory
A former police officer from Jotsholo in Lupane District has been arrested for allegedly poisoning and killing 23 elephants with cyanide and being found in possession of jumbo tusks.The forme...Published: 15 Nov 2013 at 14:35hrs | 9 | by Ndou Paul
Poachers kill two rhinos at Matopos National Park
TWO rhinos at Matopos National Park were discovered killed with their horns hacked off by suspected poachers as renewed attacks against the endangered species sparked outrage from environmentalists st...Published: 10 Nov 2013 at 02:52hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Villagers surrender undisclosed quantities of cyanide
TSHOLOTSHO villagers have surrendered undisclosed quantities of cyanide part of which was used to kill elephants at the Hwange National Park. The villagers, who admitted having taken part in ...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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