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Interview with ZPRA Instructor Thoriso Moyo
This week on the Big Interview, we have Toriso Moyo, a freedom fighter and military instructor with the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), a Mgagao attack survivor, and one of the fir...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2508 | by The Big Interview
Covid-19 plunges Zimbabwe into wildlife management crisis - What can be done before vaccine?
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an almost three-month ban on international and domestic travel to Zimbabwe's prime tourist resorts. This has plunged the country into a wildlife management crisis char...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1590 | by Emmanuel Koro
Baboons targets Kariba patients
KARIBA - Some residents in the resort town of Kariba have raised red flag to Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management to tame troops of baboons attacking patients at the district hospital....Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1407 | by Naume Muza
Victoria Falls city fathers, residents face off
A Vic Falls forest along Kazungula Border Post Road which has been targeted by residents for indiscriminate cutting down of treesVICTORIA Falls authorities and residents have faced off over th...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't pull out of CITES
ZIMBABWE will not pull out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in order to sell its stockpile of ivory tasks worth US$600 million, the Minister of Environment, Clima...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:07hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Fire is a good servant but a bad master
Season for veld fires, unpleasant and often tragic. Saw this caption in a bar of all the places, "They do not burn your home, do not burn theirs". Truth hurts, animals do not burn down our res...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 21:22hrs | 770 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The Dalish Nguwaya saga, Justice or scape goat
For the past few months Zimbabwe was gripped with news of corruption involving The first family in particular Collins Mnangagwa and his associate DALISH Nguwaya the local representative of a medical c...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:47hrs | 922 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Farmers start preparing for dry season
Farmers in Bulilima are seized with gathering hay and maize stalks to avert an impending drought crisis attributed to the effects of climate change.Over a thousand cattle and donkeys in the di...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1272 | by Stephen Jakes
Kariba women under siege from baboons
Baboons are causing havoc to Kariba residents where women are major causalities in the resort town here.This has been part of challenges faced during Covid 19 lockdown that kicked off late Mar...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:56hrs | 1532 | by Naume Muza
Mashonaland Central malaria cases blamed on artisanal mining, proximity to Mozambique
THE record increase in malaria cases in Mashonaland Central has been attributed largely to widespread socio-economic activities such as mining and farming that predisposed populations to malaria....Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean elephants cause havoc in SA village
Government's plans to secure the border with Zimbabwe as part of the Covid-19 regulations have not stopped marauding elephants from destroying crops in a South African village, writes Chester Makana...Published: 04 May 2020 at 10:57hrs | 2926 | by Chester Makana
Elephants trample farmer to death
A 68-YEAR-OLD man from Laughing Hills Farm in Hurungwe was on Monday trampled to death by a herd of elephants while he was tending to his field.Kenneth Machengo's body was discovered late in t...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Hunger stalks Matebeleland region
HUNGER has stalked hundreds of families in the Matebeleland region who relied mostly on remittances from migrant workers in South Africa and Botswana after borders were closed due to the coronavirus o...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:29hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Villagers feast on stray elephant
VILLAGERS in Chikomba district, Mashonaland East province on Tuesday broke COVID-19 lockdown rules after they congregated over the carcass of a young bull elephant that was gunned down by rangers in t...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Gweru seeks permission to sell stands
GWERU City Council has applied to Government for permission to commence selling residential and commercial stands. The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works temporarily banned the loca...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Birth control pills for Zimbabwe elephants
PARLIAMENT is proposing birth control to curb the rising population of elephants, which is not only coming at a huge cost to the country's environment, but exacerbating cases of human-wildlife conflic...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Churches, colleges to be turned into isolation centres
CHURCHES have availed their facilities to be turned into isolation centres during the Government's fight against the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.This comes amid revelations t...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:43hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge residents want COVID-19 centre out of town
Beitbridge residents said they were sceptical about the move made by the National Social Security Authority to allow the use of its non-operational US$39 million Beitbridge hotel as a COVID-19 quarant...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Woman, baby die in crocodile attack
An 18-year old woman and her 11-month-old baby from Onapathali in Mhangura died last Wednesday after being attacked by a crocodile while fetching water. Mrs Esnath Mavhangira was fetching wate...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Farmer trampled to death by an elephant
A 50-YEAR-OLD Mbire farmer was trampled by an elephant and died on the spot while guarding his sorghum from wild animals last week.Barnabas Mwinga of Mufanechiya village ,Chief Matsiwo in Mbir...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:16hrs | 1718 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Amacimbi harvester killed by elephant
A woman (58) from Lukange community in Beitbridge East was trampled to death by an elephant while two other villagers watched helplessly on Saturday morning. Elisa Chivalaula died while harves...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:14hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Barry Daka buried
HIGHLANDERS legend Barry Daka, who died at his Barbourfields home last Thursday morning after a short illness, was buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday. In an emotionally char...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
4 elephants poisoned, tusks removed
FOUR elephants were found dead, three of them without tusks in Woodlands Farm resettlement area on Monday. The resettlement area is on the edge of Hwange National Park and the jumbos were poisoned wit...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
We all fought the war of liberation comrades
DearIt was no one's war. No. It was everyone's war since every living human being then contributed one way or the other but surprisingly we now hear some misguided people claiming that they ar...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 10:19hrs | 1257 | by Munya Shumba
Lions kill railway line tracker
A 43-YEAR-OLD railway line tracker at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) was killed by a lion in Dete, authorities have confirmed. Matabeleland North police spokesperson Chief Inspector S...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:28hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks collapse
THERE is an old African saying that "when elephants fight it is the grass that suffers" and it rings true for penury-weary Zimbabweans who have been counting on talks between President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:18hrs | 4279 | by Staff reporter
30 0000 Zimbabwe cattle border jumps into Botswana
MORE than 30 000 cattle from areas bordering Botswana crossed into the neighbouring country in the last seven months, renewing fears Gaborone officials will be forced to invoke a law that compels them...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:22hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
We have a full-blown crisis
Phew!What a frenzied week it was as those brats, who are used to hogging TV remote controls or causing unending trouble during holidays, were finally banished to school, where they rightfully ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 259 | by Bishop Lazarus
Why animal poaching needs to stop & how you can help stop it
Animal poaching continues to be a major issue in the conservation of many animal species. Despite efforts to stop poaching, it continues to persist. Many people do not realize the extent of the proble...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 14:09hrs | 1298 | by Staff Writer
Why not Saviour Kasukuwere?
As 2020 begins it drags with it a nagging pertinent question which 2019 posed to our national politics; one we must reflect upon with all the hopes and aspirations a new year inspires. Why not Saviour...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 18:17hrs | 8997 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Hollywood stars visit Victoria Falls for Christmas
HOLLYWOOD stars and couple Mr Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are in Victoria Falls for a festive season holiday as the resort town continues to attract world personalities.Local tour...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 21:23hrs | 5708 | by Staff Reporter
Decoloniality: Did somebody say China?
The name "China" invokes mixed reactions from a mixed bag of many different people from varied interests and locations in the world. For others China represents the alternative to Euro-America...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:47hrs | 245 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Zimbabwe named among Africa's finest safaris
AFRICA's largest online market place for safari holidays on the African continent, SafariBookings, has named Zimbabwe among the continent's finest safari destinations for the year 2019. Zimbab...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:34hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Pastor Mboro claims credit for rainfall in Zimbabwe
Incredible Happenings church leader, self-proclaimed prophet Paseka "Mboro" Motsoeneng on Friday said the downpours of rain being experienced in South Africa and Zimbabwe were a result of his publicis...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 403 | by African News Agency/ANA
Pastor Mboro takes credit for Zim/SA rains
Controversial South African clergyman Paseka Motsoeneng popularly known as Pastor Mboro has claimed credit for the rains recorded in Zimbabwe and South Africa which he attributed to his interces...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 17:02hrs | 1081 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe readies mass wildlife migration
Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country's south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation.At least ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 273 | by Reuters
Ted Fellow Carl Joshua Ncube stars in a documentary
One of the pressing questions both worldwide and in Zimbabwe is ‘How do we sustainably use our natural resources and protect our wild life from extinction?'Produced by MMX Productions and Re...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:47hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
NetOne, HIT in innovation deal
ZIMBABWE'S second largest mobile network provider NetOne, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) to sponsor the institution in rolling out g...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:55hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe baby elephant sales rake in US$3,2m
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) raked in over US$3,2 million in the sale of 101 baby elephants to China and the United Arab Emirates between 2016 and this year....Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama snubs Masisi inauguration
Botswana President Mnangagwa yesterday joined thousands of Batswana and fellow SADC leaders at the inauguration of Botswana's fifth democratic leader President Mokgweetsi Masisi at a lively ceremony h...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
The truth about Zimbabwe elephant sales
A few individuals have sought to tarnish the ZIMPARKS image in a bid to derail the growth of the tourism sector.Recently social media has been awash with all sorts of falsehoods, exaggerations...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 16:12hrs | 3035 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe allowed to trade elephants
The government has accused animal rights pressure groups of sending "wrong and damaging" information about the country after they said Zimbabwean authorities had "illegally" sent 30 young elephants to...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
SADC protest against UN cites unfair trade restrictions
Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe are going to submit protest documents that will allow them to legally trade in their elephants, rhino and giraffes. The three countries are declaring themselves independ...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2583 | by Emmanuel Koro
The drinking will never stop
The illicit brew 'kachasu' has come back with a bang after a long sabbatical. Its never seen but the effects are too glaring to conceal. The singing has no notes and compiling them is like mat...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 11:09hrs | 1907 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Hippos kill border jumper
A SUSPECTED border jumper was fatally attacked by two hippopotamuses while trying to illegally cross into South Africa through an undesignated entry point along the Limpopo River. The incident...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa courts Russian investors
President Mnangagwa has implored Russian businesspeople to assist Zimbabwean companies decimated by illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West, so that they recover. He said under th...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 09:08hrs | 3429 | by Staff Reporter
The retrogressive nature of Zimbabwe's power politics: 2008-2018
This article seeks to highlight the bad side of power politics drawing examples from two major political parties namely the Zimbabwe African National Union for Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) and the Moveme...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1376 | by Tatenda freeman Murenjekwa
Zimbabwe's plan to ship 33 of its baby elephants to China
A Chinese ground crew has just arrived to prepare 33 baby elephants for imminent shipment to China, according to sources near Hwang National Park. These elephants have been held in captivity for nearl...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:40hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
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