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Fight for Gwanda mine escalates amid bribery allegations
The ongoing dispute over Vubachikwe Gold Mine has escalated, with major shareholder Forbes & Thompson accusing lawyers representing Fawcett Security Operations - a creditor seeking to ...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:16hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
5 reasons why Zimbabwe is a popular destination
According to the latest data from Zimstat, Zimbabwe saw a staggering 83.2% increase in tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2024, compared to the same period last year, with South African travelle...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 07:48hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's President rallies investors to pick KAZA opportunities
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has called on investors to explore opportunities in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) beyond the traditional mining sector. ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 11:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to look East for trophy hunting export markets
Zimbabwean wildlife authorities are eyeing trophy hunting export markets in the East as some European countries move to ban trophy imports, an official said on Tuesday.The European Parliament ...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 12:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to take over KAZA chairmanship
Zimbabwe is poised to take on the role of coordinating chair for the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) this year. Covering five Southern African countries - Angola, B...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
London firm targets bulk-mining in Zimbabwe
Kavango Resources, a metal exploration company listed on the London Stock Exchange, is focusing on consolidating bulk-mining efforts to boost gold production in Zimbabwe, according to a report by News...Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fly Namibia lands in Victoria Falls on maiden flight
Fly Namibia has landed for the first time at Victoria Falls International Airport as the airline launches its service between Windhoek and Victoria Falls.Present to welcome the airline at its ...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New 500MW solar plant for Victoria Falls
VICTORIA Falls is inching closer to becoming a smart tourism and green destination following plans to construct a renewable energy exhibition park and a 500MW solar plant, which will be complemented b...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pushes for UniVisa system
ZIMBABWE is pushing for the revival of the UniVisa model with regional peers to enhance smooth passage of visitors at the country's ports of entry so that they can move around with just one visa in th...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Airfares for flights between Zimbabwe and SA dramatically shoot up
AIR fares for flights between Zimbabwe and South Africa - mainly the Harare-Johannesburg and Bulawayo-Johannesburg routes - have shot up dramatically during the festive season (Christmas and New Year ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet suspends Victoria Falls-Maun route due to low bookings
Zimbabwe's low-cost airline, Fastjet, has suspended its flights from Victoria Falls to Botswana's tourism capital, Maun, just a year after launching the then seemingly lucrative route in June 2022....Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rare bacterium behind elephant deaths in Botswana and Zimbabwe
The deaths of 350 elephants in Botswana's Okavango Delta and 35 at the bordering Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe in 2020 were due to a rare form of bacteria, scientists have finall...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange National Park gets new tourism complex
Construction has started of a tourism complex at Hwange National Park, which is expected to improve security and re-ignite the tourism potential of Zimbabwe's largest protected area.Constructi...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls lodge named among Southern Africa's best
Victoria Falls continues to stand out as the preferred destination, with Matetsi Victoria Falls Lodge, situated on the banks of the Zambezi River, ranking as the seventh-best resort in Southern Africa...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
London based Kavango set to acquire two gold-rich projects in Zimbabwe
LONDON-based Botswana-focused metals explorer Kavango Resources PLC has signed an exclusive six months option which will see the reputable miner acquiring two lucrative gold exploration projects in Zi...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hunting benefits truths can collapse Anti-hunting Animal Rights Groups
The recent 'flooding' of the media and British House Lords with the truths about international hunting benefits not only caused a rethink on the UK trophy hunting imports ban Bill but can also eventua...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
Masisi gets better value for Botswana diamonds from De Beers
Botswana and De Beers Group have agreed a new diamond sales deal in which the African country, the world's No. 1 diamond producer by value, gradually increases the share of rough stones it gets ...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 13:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique and Zimbabwe establish tri-basin institution to manage the Buzi, Pungwe, and save water resources
Harare, May 2023: The governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe have established a tri-basin institution to manage the Buzi, Pungwe, and Save River Basins' water resources, which have, over the years, su...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 19:21hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Animal rights group-funded report denounced for lying that international hunting threatens Botswana elephants
Botswana, was recently targeted by an animal rights group-funded report, saying that international hunting is threatening the SADC country's wildlife, including its elephant population and impoverishi...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:09hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
Botswana threatens to sever ties with diamond giant De Beers
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has warned that his country may sever ties with diamond giant De Beers if talks to renegotiate a sales deal prove unfavorable to his government.Masisi al...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira angers Mnangagwa's wife?
FORMER Tourism Minister, Prisca Mupfumira, reportedly infuriated First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa after bulldozing her way onto the top table during a recent function held at Mhondoro-Mubaira.Mup...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers raise nation's flag high
ZIMBABWEANS in the Diaspora continue to fly the nation's flag high through excellence in their professions, a product of the country's education system.In recent months, Zimbabweans, from stud...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why a Formula One racetrack in Zimbabwe is a pipe dream
It was all a dream for Zimbabwe to have a Formula One racetrack.A dream sold by politicians who argued it could be a major tourist attraction, especially if it was built near the country's pri...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
German airline flies into Vic Falls
GERMAN airline, Eurowings Discover, yesterday flew its maiden flight from Frankfurt to Victoria Falls, becoming the first direct passenger flight between Zimbabwe and Europe since Air Zimbabwe discont...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Germany's biggest airline dates Victoria Falls
ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest leisure chains yesterday predicted a dramatic upswing in arrivals, as Germany's biggest airline prepared for its maiden adventure on the Windhoek-Victoria Falls route today....Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:25hrs | | 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
Mnangagwa hints at mandatory clean-up
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that his Government would implement a compulsory National Clean Up Day as he rallied the business community to set aside two hours during the first Friday of each ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
German airline to fly into Zimbabwe by March
Eurowings Discover has become the latest airline to express interest in flying into Zimbabwe, in a move expected to boost local tourism.Zimbabwe is among the 24 destinations that Eurowings Dis...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Don't cause Zambian wildlife loss' British govt told
The President for Zambia National Community Resources Board Association(ZNCRBA)Mr George Tembo said that the British Government's recent announcement to ban international trophy hunting impo...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 15:15hrs | 11 | by Emmanuel Koro
How NGOs scandalously manage to assume power in UN agency Cites
THE managing director of the USA-based Ivory Education Institute Godfrey Harris, revealed his analysis of how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) achieved overwhelming influence within the UN intern...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 8 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe's energy sector potential and investments to drive agenda
With strong indications of oil and gas prospects in the Muzarabani Basin - along with extensive mineral wealth that could propel Africa's energy transition - Zimbabwe and its energy investment opportu...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 08:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Victoria Falls experience charms American executives
VICTORIA Falls is a must-visit basket of attraction and leisure. That is how 10 American executives summed up their three days and two nights at one of the worlds' prime tourist resorts. They came, th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's energy sector potential to drive agenda at African Energy week in Cape Town
Zimbabwe represents an exciting new frontier, with recent exploration activities leading to strong indications of significant oil and gas prospects. The Southern African country – bordering Mozambiq...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lions kill 3 children triggering revenge lion-killing feelings from bereaved community
The lions of Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area horrifically killed three school children this month, drawing sympathy worldwide. This put a spotlight on the human-wildlife conflict in Tanzania a...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:12hrs | 32 | by Emmanuel Koro
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
'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 | 3 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa directs urgent facelift for Victoria Falls Border
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said that the Victoria Falls Border is in a sorry state and requires urgent facelift to meet modern standards expected from a port of entry into a world destination.The...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa directs urgent facelift for Victoria Falls Border
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said that the Victoria Falls Border is in a sorry state and requires urgent facelift to meet modern standards expected from a port of entry into a world destination. Th...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
More elephant deaths recorded in Victoria Falls
TWO more elephants were found dead in Victoria Falls last Friday, bringing to 27 the number of jumbo deaths in Zimbabwe in the last two months.The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Author...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may be sitting on more oil and gas deposits
ZIMBABWE may be sitting on more oil and gas deposits than initially projected. The country has five other basins capable of hosting hydrocarbons such as oil and gas, in addition to the Zambezi V...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese Hwange blitz a minister's directive
THE shock decision by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) to grant two Chinese mining firms the greenlight to drill and explore for coal in the giant Hwange National Park w...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Nat Park invasion: Chinese miner in court
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) and a Hwange resident Fidelis Chuma, have approached the High Court seeking to bar a Chinese mining company from exploring for coal in the vast Hwange...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | | 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
Steve Harvey blown away by majestic Victoria Falls
American funnyman and TV host Steve Harvey was in Victoria Falls last week – the latest A-lister to enjoy Zimbabwe's premier tourist resort.Harvey posted a short video of a rainbow straddlin...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 12:46hrs | | by ZimLive
US comedian Steve Harvey in Victoria Falls?
RENOWNED American comedian and television host Steve Harvey and wife Marjorie sneaked into Victoria Falls unnoticed where they toured the Rainforest yesterday. A video posted on micro blogging...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Botswana to resume flights to Zimbabwe
AIR Botswana has announced plans to resume flights between Gaborone and Harare next month, a move the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) says will boost the tourism business between the two countries. ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to donate animals to Angola
THE Government will donate an undisclosed number of wild animals to Angola to help the country rebuild its wildlife which was ravaged by decades of war, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressin...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
ED full speech at AU - UN summit in Vic Falls
STATEMENTBYHIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE CDE E. D. MNANGAGWAATTHE INAUGURAL AFRICAN UNION-UNITED NATIONS WILDLIFE ECONOMY SUMMITVIC...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:56hrs | 7 | by President ED Mnangagwa
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