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Zimbabwe orders culling of 200 elephants for food
Zimbabwean is to controversially allow the culling of 200 elephant for the first time since 1988 amid concerns about food shortages amid a severe drought.The southern African country has "more...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 13:32hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks ranger survives 10 shoot-outs with poachers
The dedication and bravery of Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers in protecting wildlife and natural habitats were recently recognized at the belated World Ranger Day c...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:20hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
500 benefits from Zimbabwe's Presidential scholarships
The government has sent off over 500 students benefiting from the Presidential Scholarship Programme to study at universities in Cuba, Serbia, Russia, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The pro...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:22hrs | 461 | 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 | 14 | 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
Chinhoyi mayoral election sparks fierce jostling among CCC councillors
THERE is fierce tussling within Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) Chinhoyi as four contestants position themselves ahead of elections to choose a new mayor and deputy premier.Last Wednesday...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Race on for Gweru mayor's post
BATTLE lines in Gweru's upcoming mayoral race have been drawn among CCC councillors amid strong interference from the party leadership which has a preferred candidate.CCC won 18 wards in the c...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube has failed us'
WOMEN's organisations have decried failure by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to address "menstrual poverty" among girls and women who are failing to access affordable sanitary wear.Ncube last w...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pay 100% of international hunting revenue to campfire communities
Christmas has certainly come early for Zimbabwe's hunting communities who are soon going to receive 100% payments from international hunting revenue. Under the Communal Areas Manage...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 10:37hrs | 11 | by Emmanuel Koro
Illegal sale of ivory escalates amid ban
RANGE States attending the African Elephant Conference in Hwange have said allowing trade in elephants and their products will reduce illegal buying and selling, contrary to claims by the Convention o...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's once-off sale of ivory stockpiles acceptable
ZIMBABWE is desperately seeking international support to be allowed to sell its stockpile of ivory to raise funds for its conservation efforts.It is an age-old problem for the southern African...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe begs EU over it's ivory
ZIMBABWE yesterday begged the European Union (EU) to support its plea for a once-off sale of its ivory stockpile at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) meeting schedule...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers wreak havoc in Mashonaland East
POLICE in Chivhu, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a gang of four people linked to a spate of armed robberies along the highways.The suspects are believed to be using an ...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 Ruwa armed robbers nabbed, denied bail
THREE suspected armed robbers appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday after they terrorised Ruwa residents.The suspects Tinashe Gwinhi (30), Tafadzwa Mambo (31) and Andrew Joel Kamb...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimparks, Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute (LKFRI) has launched small-scale fisheries (SSF) project that support loc
Titled, "Setting the stage for successful and sustainable management, development and utilisation of the small-scale fisheries of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe" is the project that was launched yesterday by t...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio correspondent
Zanu-PF councillor guns for Chinhoyi mayor's ouster
ZANU-PF Chinhoyi Ward 11 councillor, Vorster Mashevedzanwa who contested and narrowly lost an election to choose a new mayor for the town last December, has lodged a High Court bid to stop the incumbe...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe ally snatches Chinhoyi Mayoral post
LITTLE KNOWN MDC-T councillor, Garikayi Dendera surprised all-and-sundry Friday when he got nomination to contest the Chinhoyi mayoral post which he went on to win during elections held at Town House....Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Game Park miner loses claims in violent takeover
UMFURUDZI Game Park miner, John Maungwa has lost control of his gold rich mining claims to Shantelle Chikafu, who once claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter and Shamva North legislator...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gold wars turn nasty
A NASTY fight for mining rights has erupted over gold mining claims in Umfurudzi Game Park where violence is said to be the order of the day between machetewielding Zanu-PF youths from rival camps....Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 3 | 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
Zimbabwe plans to send dead elephants' brain tissue to US for toxin tests
Zimbabwe plans to send brain tissue samples from dead elephants to the United States to test for toxic micro-organisms blamed for hundreds of elephant deaths in neighbouring Botswana, the parks author...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:57hrs | | by Reuters
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
Chinese community donates anti-poaching equipment
Sino Zimbabwe (SinoZim) Wildlife Foundation, in partnership with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), yesterday donated six drones to capacitate the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zim...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe goes overdrive to lure diasporans
Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira is in the United Kingdom for Zimbabwe's roadshow aimed at increasing engagement with citizens domiciled in Europe to encourage them to come and invest back in the co...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister 'unleashes' Zanu-PF youths, police to grab mine
Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Appolonia Munzverengi is being accused of using her political muscle to grab a mining claim owned by Mekasi Engineering.The company claim that the ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may withdraw from Endangered-Species deal to sell $300m of ivory
Zimbabwe may consider withdrawing from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species because the organization won't allow it to sell its ivory stockpile.The southern African nati...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:43hrs | 7 | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa jets off to Botswana
President Mnangagwa is expected in Botswana today to attend the crucial Elephant Summit taking place in the tourism town of Kasane. The Summit commenced on the 3rd of May and will conclu...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks chief brings sanity in the Fishing industry in Lake Kariba
Following decades of several cries by the new fishing generation that had been trying in the fishing business enterprise especially of matemba regards allocation of permits, the current Director Gener...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:24hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Residents plot to petition Parly over baboon menace
RESIDENTS of Kariba have threatened to approach Parliament to register their complaints over the increasing baboon population in the area saying the apes were now a menace, especially in the residenti...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Chivero for national clean-up
President Emmerson Mnangagwa heads to the Lake Chivero environs tomorrow for next month's national clean-up campaign, a Cabinet minister has said.Speaking in Kariba after touring Chirundu Bord...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
List of Zimbabwe police officers being transferred
FROM COMPOL [HRA] TO ALL STNS CLASS ‘A’ RDO TM 375/18 DD 11/10/18'IMMEDIATE'SUBJECT: TRANSFERS: OFFICERS AND...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | 12 | by Compol HRA
Zimbabwe to receive gorillas from DRC
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is soon expected to take delivery of okapi and gorilla breeds in a wildlife exchange programme with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Govt dissolves Air Zimbabwe board
Government last week dissolved Air Zimbabwe management board and appointed Grant Thornton Chartered Accountants as caretaker administrators for the country's airline, NewsDay has established.T...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimparks rangers, poachers in fierce shootout
Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (Zimparks) game rangers on Saturday night were engaged in a 30-minute shootout with a band of poachers who had gunned down an elephant bull in Hwange Nat...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Followers abandon prophets' churches?
HAVING taken the gospel space by storm over five years ago, there is a feeling people are slowly abandoning the various churches led by prophets.Numbers at various churches have been dropping ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police tighten noose on Grace Mugabe
Police have intensified investigations into a case in which former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe allegedly smuggled ivory worth millions of dollars to underground foreign markets.Sources close t...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mnangagwa and Parliament
I want to put the record straight on corruption at two State entities.ZINARAThere is a company which was corruptly issued a software which is al...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 14:38hrs | | by Tafadwa
Audit exposes Zimparks rot
Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) board members are in a spot of bother after a Government audit revealed that they could have used funds from the parastatal unproce...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scores another HIV first
Zimbabwe is the first country in the world to use the latest medical technology in HIV infant diagnosis and viral load testing, The Herald can reveal.Speaking after the training of certified l...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tours Zimparks HQ
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday toured the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority headquarters in Harare.He was accompanied by the Minister of Environment, Water and Climate,...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
CIO, police tiff escalates
The row between the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and police over alleged corruption investigations of senior officers in both camps has intensified, with one of the senior cops denying that...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans 'import' blood from Zambia
Victoria Falls and Hwange residents who require blood for transfusion are resorting to crossing over into Zambia to purchase the precious liquid at a cost of US$50 compared to US$120 and US$140 at...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 22:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF okays people staying in toilets
About 50 Chinhoyi families have converted toilets into homes with a Zanu PF councillor saying he saw nothing wrong with residents staying in toilets.The families are struggling to get decent...Published: 22 May 2016 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman sues Gono company
FORMER Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono's poultry firm Lunar Chickens, along with five others have, has been dragged to the High Court on allegations of refusing to give a local businesswoman her car...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare hospital chief prioritises new vehicle over drugs
Harare Central Hospital chief executive officer Mrs Peggy Zvavamwe is under investigation following her recent cash purchase of an executive vehicle worth over $88 000 at a time when the institution i...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 05:26hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Churches tax begins
CHURCHES are bracing for a new tax on income derived from trade or investments following regulations that came into effect on January 1.Tithes, offerings and donations made to churches will no...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Clemence Manyukwe
'Zanu-PF busses voters to Chinhoyi'
An independent candidate contesting in a Chinhoyi by-election has raised a complaint with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) accusing his Zanu-PF rival of bussing potential voters from the to...Published: 12 Feb 2015 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi warns of false prophets
Celebrated Zimbabwean music icon Oliver Mtukudzi has poured cold water on a local pastor's prophecy that he was in a "health scare" but instead warned the country of false prophets.Harare past...Published: 20 May 2012 at 12:11hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Robert Gabriel Mugabe School of Intelligence students graduate
The Robert Gabriel Mugabe School of Intelligence (RGMSI) , which is an associate of the Bindura University of Science Education, held its inaugural graduation ceremony in the capital this Friday morni...Published: 12 May 2012 at 00:04hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
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