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Zimparks tracks lion spotted In Chegutu

A lion has been spotted roaming along Chakari Road in Chegutu, triggering widespread alarm among residents and prompting swift action from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks), which has dispatched a reaction tea…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 12:25hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter

Residents panic after lion sighting near town

Residents of Chegutu town in Mashonaland West province are gripped by fear following the sighting of a stray lion roaming in nearby bushes, causing widespread panic in the community.The big cat, believed to have wandered from a nearby wild…

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:38hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter

Man survives vicious lion attack near Victoria Falls

A 29-year-old man from the Woodlands Resettlement Area near Victoria Falls is lucky to be alive after surviving a savage lion attack over the weekend, in an incident that has reignited community fears over escalating human-wildlife conflic…

Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 17:51hrs | 1362 | by Staff reporter

ZimParks shoots stray lion in Marange

Villagers in Mutsago area, Marange, can finally breathe a sigh of relief after a stray lion that had been wreaking havoc in the community was shot and killed by rangers from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) o…

Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:08hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter

Farmers, villagers live in fear as lion roams around

Farmers and villagers in Macheke, Mashonaland East province, have been restricted to their homes following reports of a fugitive lion that escaped from Nyanga and has been spotted in the area. The lion, which crossed the Mupfure River from…

Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:34hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter

Woman fights for life after lion attack

A 55-year-old woman from Khwale village, located under Chief Gambu in Ward 16, Tsholotsho, is fighting for her life at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after being brutally attacked by a stray lion from Hwange National Park.Violet Siband…

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:01hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter

Zimparks ranger arrested for lion poaching in Hwange National Park

A Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority ranger has been arrested in connection with the recent poaching of three lions, whose carcasses were discovered headless and without paws in Hwange National Park. Hali Mabuya (39)…

Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:00hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter

Village heads caged for killing lion

Two village heads from Hwange's Dete area have been sentenced to 12 months in prison for the killing of a lion valued at US$20,000. Elias Nyoni (51) and Zenzo Ndlovu (47) pleaded guilty before a Hwange magistrate last Wednesday.The court h…

Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:36hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter

Filabusi villagers on edge as loose lion preys on livestock

GOGO Janet Nkala has never seen her two grandkids so scared to the extent that they asked to sleep in the same bedroom with her hours after what they had witnessed in the afternoon.The boys were so convinced the creature they had seen woul…

Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Search for stray lion in Filabusi continues

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife (Zimparks) rangers are still hunting for a stray lion that has been roaming in Filabusi since last week.The lion, which killed a donkey at Marvel and a cow near the Pangani Training Centre off-ramp on the Filabu…

Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 20:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Stray lion wreaks havoc in Filabusi

VILLAGERS in Filabusi, Matebeleland South province, are living in fear of a stray lion that is reportedly terrorising the area killing livestock.Villagers on Wednesday told NewsDay that people and livestock were at risk of being attacked b…

Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean actor joins The Lion King cast's UK tour

ZIMBABWEAN actor and film producer Shaun Mundawarara is part of Disney's The Lion King tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland as an understudy for the role of Simba. This comes after the multi-talented actor attended an open casting call h…

Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 09:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man takes on lion in survival battle

Just as Tachivei Machona Nebiri reached the crest of a steep ascent along the Charara Road in Kariba, he saw four lions, a female and three cubs, steal into a nearby thicket.Nebiri was taken aback by the sight, but drew solace in the thoug…

Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa, Lukashenko swap stuffed lion for tractor

The Belarusian and Zimbabwean leaders have exchanged gifts during Alexander Lukashenko's visit to the African stateBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has received a stuffed lion from his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa, in…

Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Boy pummels lion with fists to save sister

A 14YEAROLD girl from Muyondozi village in ward 26 under Chief Garahwa, Chipinge South, was on Wednesday mauled by a stray lion.The victim's father, Hunesu Chiunje, said his daughter, Agness, had gone outside at around 8pm to collect her j…

Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:49hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Cross-border trader sues bus company for $1m

A CROSS-BORDER trader who survived one of the country's worst accidents that claimed 43 lives, when a Zambia-bound King Lion bus rammed into a tree along the Harare-Chirundu Road, is suing the bus company and its deceased driver for $1 mil…

Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Widower sues bus company for $700k

KING Lion Bus Service (Pvt) Ltd, the firm which owns a cross-border coach that was involved in an accident killing 43 people and injuring 40 along the Harare-Chirundu Highway last year, has been slapped with a $703 865 lawsuit by a relativ…

Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 22:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Businessman's girlfriend attacked by lion during picnic - WhatsApp update

Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number.[01:48, 2/12/2017] +263 7* *** ****: A Rusape popular businessman took a girl…

Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:06hrs | 21 | by Concerned Citizen

Zimbabweans have every reason to mourn Cecil the Lion

It has been more than a month since Cecil encountered his death after being murdered by the American hunter Palmer.Cecil's death was met with mixed reactions between the international community and local Zimbabweans. Whilst it was rage, di…

Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Kenesias Dambakurima

The truth behind Cecil the lion

Zimbabwe's most famous big cat, Cecil the lion, was shot and killed by an American trophy hunter early in July. The man who stalked and killed the 13 year old lion is Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota. Waza Blogger Jera reflects on t…

Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 06:15hrs | 5 | by Waza Online Blogger Jera

Cecil's death could help expose poaching syndicate at Hwange park

Hwange-While Zimbabwean authorities continue to mourn the death of Cecil, the country's favourite and foreign currency generating lion, a few questions remain unanswered. Are Zimbabweans being been told the whole truth about the circumstan…

Published: 05 Aug 2015 at 05:31hrs | 21 | by Thabo Kunene

Killing of Cecil sparks calls to ban trophy hunting

The maiming with a crossbow and later killing of Cecil, the famous Hwange lion, by American dentist Walter Palmer has led to an international firestorm of protest and calls for the banning of all trophy hunting worldwide.The South African …

Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Don Pinnock

Cecil was much-loved by Yankees, just like Morgan Tsvangirai

The tale of a perverted Yankee with an obsession to inflict pain and misery, who hunted down a Zimbabwean lion for over two days with a bow and arrow, is strikingly symbolic of the manner in which the British and Americans have hunted down…

Published: 02 Aug 2015 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Sunday Mail contributor

What makes Cecil the lion so special??

Cecil's death got many if not all Zimbabweans questioning the importance of their welfare or rather the importance of other matters that directly impact humanity in the nation to the world. This is because the death of the Lion called Ceci…

Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 22:35hrs | 15 | by Kumbirai Kevin Mwenye

Lion spotted in Hwange's Prospect low density suburb

08:46, 21 Jan - â€ª+263 77 *** ****â€¬: Pliz hide id. A huge male lion was spotted in Hwange at around 0400hrs in the morning. The fierce giant lion was spotted by a security detail at the house of Hwange Colliery Company general manager p…

Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 11:23hrs | | by whatsapp

'Cleanliness is godliness' - WhatsApp update

Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. 11:52am, 16 May - â€ª+263 77 â–©â–©â–© â–©â–©â–©â–©â€¬: Good day good citizens11:59am,…

Published: 16 May 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by SA Resident

'Villagers living in fear of stray LIONS' - WhatsApp update

Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. 8:27am, 16 May - â€ª+263 71 â–©â–©â–© â–©â–©â–©â–©â€¬: Hie, there are lions that are t…

Published: 16 May 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by SA Resident

'I love African music' says Snoop Lion

Former U.S. rapper now known as Snoop Lion, who recently visited Durban, South Africa, for the MTV All Star concert told Grace Kerongo of The Star - Kenya - that he loves African music.Snoop said "to be able to come back to the origin of w…

Published: 27 May 2013 at 06:26hrs | | by Moyo Roy | Grace Kerongo

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