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3 elephants gunned down in Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Parks Authority) has shot dead three elephants in the border town of Beitbridge in yet unexplained circumstances although it is believed ...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elephants fitted with GPS collars
ELEPHANTS in Hwange National Park are being fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking collars by ZimParks through its strategic partner, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), so tha...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:48hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Lions, jumbos on the loose
LIONS and elephants are wreaking havoc in the Tsholotsho area with villagers now living in fear of being attacked by the wild animals. Chief Tategulu's area is the worst affected, e...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jumbo, croc attack victim seeks help
A BINGA man who miraculously survived an elephant and crocodile attack that left him clinging onto the straws of life is appealing for financial assistance to enable him to undergo further treatment o...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland communities feel the effects of climate change
Villagers in Bubi ward 19 are living in fear after a herd of elephants invaded their fields. The invasion which began a week ago h...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Elephants wreck havoc in Bubi
BUBI villagers in Matabeleland North province are living in fear after a herd of elephants invaded the area.Bubi MP Sonny Mguni (Zanu-PF) yesterday told Southern Eye that the villagers now fee...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meat galore after bus ploughs into elephants
IT is rare for those who witness road accidents to smile, but hundreds of villagers near Victoria Falls yesterday had a bus accident to thank after they walked away with chunks of meat after three ele...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police probe Tsholotsho elephant sales
POLICE have launched a probe into alleged under-pricing of elephants in Tsholotsho, with council management and councillors being called in for questioning on suspicion of corruption.Sources p...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:04hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
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
Fatal end to selfie moment
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers shot dead an elephant after it fatally trampled a man who was taking a selfie outside Kwekwe, triggering a stampede by villagers for...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jumbos killed 30 so far
THIRTY people have been killed by elephants in Zimbabwe this year alone, with the number expected to rise as the country approaches the dry season when animals move more in search for food and water....Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Elephants wreak havoc
PEOPLE living in Masocha village in Zvishavane district are living in fear after a herd of marauding elephants invaded the community, damaging crops in the droughtprone area.A villager, Beatri...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Speeding 40-tonne mine truck kills 2 elephants
Concern has been raised after a speeding 40-tonne coal mining dump truck belonging to Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine hit and killed two jumbos last Tuesday night.The accident happened near Sinamate...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | | 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
Zimbabwe sits on US$300m ivory stockpile
ENVIRONMENT, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Priscah Mupfumira has said Zimbabwe currently holds US$300 million worth of ivory stockpile with its elephant population now over 88 000 compared...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'You have blood on your hands,' Botswana President told
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi was at the weekend interjected by an animal rights activist as he addressed a diamond conference in Las Vegas, United States for lifting the ban on the hunt of ele...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Gibson Nyathi
Jumbos harass villagers
Newly-installed headman Azviyambiwi Ndou, also known as Chikwelengwe, says he hopes the incoming government will rescue his community from a host of problems, among them lack of educational facilities...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Grace Mugabe poaching claims benefit Mnangagwa
THE headline on the Herald could not have made it clearer: Police tighten noose on Grace Mugabe.The newspaper, for 37 years the mouthpiece of Robert Mugabe's government, is now the voi...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Keith Somerville
How Grace Mugabe poaching claims benefit Zimbabwe's new president
The headline on the Zimbabwe Herald could not have made it clearer: "Police tighten noose on Grace Mugabe."The newspaper, for 37 years the mouthpiece of Robert Mugabe's government, is now the ...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 13:45hrs | | by Keith Somerville, University of Kent
Grace Mugabe implicated in international ivory poaching syndicate
Harare - Investigations into illicit and illegal activities led and directed by the former first lady of the country Grace Mugabe have intensified, amid indications the government will make a huge sta...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 09:33hrs | 22 | by Khuluma Afrika
Victoria Falls elephant rides stopped
TOUR operators in Victoria Falls are slowly giving in to pressure from international tourism agents to stop elephant ride activities on claim of abuse to wildlife.International animal activist...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | 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 | | by Staff Reporter
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
2 survive truck-jumbo crash
TWO people were injured and an elephant died when a haulage truck plunged into a herd of jumbos at a blind spot between Cross Mabale and Gwayi River.The accident occurred at about 6.45PM on Su...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Police hunt armed, deadly poacher syndicate
POLICE have launched a manhunt for seven suspected poachers from across the country and have described them as armed and dangerous.National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Ch...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
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 | 4 | by Staff Reporter
The arrests of the Sunday Mail journalists not welcome
The arrest of the Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa and his two journalists by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers has shown that the ZRP has turned out to be untouchable. The fact that the Sunda...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 15:54hrs | | by Shanisani Matilaya
Shut Journalists to Shut Development!
The recent arrest and detention of the Sunday Mail Editor, Mabasa Sasa and his two journalists, over a story in which Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) top cop was implicated in the poaching of elephants...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 13:29hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Sunday Mail editor, reporters arrested after expose
In a rare development, Sunday Mail editor Mabasa Sasa, investigations editor Brian Chitemba and reporter Tinashe Farawo were on Monday arrested over reports that a syndicate comprising police of...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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
Jumbo gores man to death
A 65-YEAR-OLD pensioner was on Wednesday gored to death by a jumbo on the outskirts of Victoria Falls as he was walking to the Forestry Commission compound at dusk.Elphas Masuku, who was a Fo...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stealing and selling Zambia jumbos?
WASHINGTON - Zimbabwe's plans to export baby elephants deserve swift condemnation from the United States, conservationists told a federal judge.They also claimed that some of the elephants do ...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 14:12hrs | | by Courthouse News
Another blow for Zimbabwe wildlife industry
New York State Senator Tony Avella will today introduce a Bill that would ban the importation, possession, sale or transportation in the city of five species of animals native to Africa. The B...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jumbos wreck havoc in Mhondoro-Ngezi
Marauding jumbos are wrecking havoc in some parts of Mhondoro-Ngezi destroying crops dashing any hopes of a good yield in the area.The elephants that have been roaming freely in some parts of ...Published: 24 Mar 2015 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe deserves more,' says jumbo donor
A PROMINENT Zimbabwean farmer who has pledged to donate wild animals towards President Robert Mugabe's birthday bash says the donation is just "a drop in the ocean" compared to what the veteran leader...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 14:22hrs | | by News 24
EU gave Mugabe a bigger birthday present this week
An obsequious local businessman has promised to slaughter a lion, a couple of elephants and other game to help Zimbabweans celebrate the 91st birthday of their president, Robert Mugabe.But th...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 14:01hrs | | by Peta Thornycroft
Mugabe set to serve elephant meat at his birthday party
Wild animals are reportedly set to be slaughtered and served at President Robert Mugabe's 91st birthday party, a development that has enraged conservationists.A report by the Chronicle said a ...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to sell excess elephants
Zimbabwe will be selling off excess elephants to interested countries as it moves to protect biodiversity and minimise human-wildlife conflicts.The country has excess elephants estimated at ar...Published: 06 Jan 2015 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange National Park, poaching on the rise
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson Caroline Washaya-Moyo said poaching of key species of animals within Hwange National Park increased to 329 cases last year...Published: 01 Jan 2014 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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 | | 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 | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Rights groups condemn Tsholotsho villagers' torture
HUMAN rights and civil society organisations yesterday called for the prosecution of Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers who allegedly tortured Tsholotsho villagers in ...Published: 24 Oct 2013 at 02:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elephant death toll reaches 95
FIVE more elephant carcasses, suspected to have been poisoned with cyanide have been discovered at Ngamo Forest, an area in Lupane adjacent to the Hwange National Park.The carcasses bring to ...Published: 03 Oct 2013 at 17:16hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Another businessman arrested over cyanide
POLICE have arrested a manager of a Harare based chemical substances supply company for allegedly illegally storing sodium cyanide and is suspected to have been supplying the poaching syndicate th...Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 15:49hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Three poachers jailed
Three out of the eight poachers arrested for killing elephants by cyanide poisoning in Hwange National Park have been sentenced to 16 years in prison each. Hwange provincial magistrate, Mrs Rosemary D...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 02:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Elephants force four women into premature labour
FOUR women were forced into premature labour as a result of fear after getting unlikely visitors at Ndolwane Hospital's maternity ward - a herd of elephants.The herd that has over the past we...Published: 22 Sep 2013 at 04:32hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Poachers poison 41 elephants in Hwange
POLICE in Matabeleland North have smashed a six- man poaching syndicate with four of its members based in Bulawayo that allegedly poisoned and killed 41 elephants at Hwange National Park.A total of 1...Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikwata takes on New West City
WOUNDED Zimbabwe Saints face a daunting task when they play inform New West City in a Zifa Southern Region Division One League match at White City Stadium on Sunday.Saints started their campai...Published: 12 Apr 2013 at 03:44hrs | | by Sports reporter
Players revolt over unpaid bonuses
HWANGE-based Zifa Southern Region Division One side Mpumalanga were this week rocked by a rare player revolt over unpaid dues.The club, that has been running over the years without a major spo...Published: 06 Apr 2013 at 04:47hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
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