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Police bemoan measly budget allocation
POLICE yesterday expressed concern that their $64 billion 2023 budget allocation is so measly that it will not enable the force to provide adequate security during the 2023 polls.This was reve...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among SA prison break trio
Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for three prisoners who escaped from police holding cells this week.The detainees escaped from police in Tshamutumbu outside Thohoyandou in the early hou...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge arms smuggling saga: Fears Mnangagwa was main target
FEARS are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were m...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:29hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prison escapee re-arrested in SA after being hit by truck
A Zimbabwean man who escaped from a prison in the Eastern Cape in South Africa has been re-arrested after he was hit by a truck in Free State, police said.Bennet Kwarrie is one of seven prison...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
7 Zimbabweans escape from SA prison
SEVEN Zimbabweans facing rhino poaching charges in South Africa escaped from the Grahamstown Correctional Facility in Eastern Cape yesterday.South Africa's Department of Correctional Services ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commanders investigate Beitbridge arms saga
WHAT started as an arms smuggling racket by seasoned gun-runners who bungled their mission like amateurs has now deteriorated into a major political scandal maddening President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:20hrs | 3068 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe arms smuggling saga deepens as new details on the deal emerge
THE recent saga involving the botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines is deepening as it takes a new political twist amid fresh details.Those close to Pres...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:18hrs | 3602 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans convicted of rhino poaching, illegal possession of arms
Six Zimbabwean nationals have been found guilty in the Makhanda High Court of conspiracy to commit rhino poaching and illegal possession of firearms.They'll be back in court on the 4th of Nove...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:01hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's precision-strike aircraft given Shona name 'Mwari'
The Paramount Group has produced and sold the first military aircraft made in South Africa since the 1980s when state-owned arms maker Denel SOC Ltd. unveiled the Rooivalk, or red falcon, attack helic...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:42hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious AK-47 assault rifles were smuggled for Zimbabwe Presidential Guard?
THE deepening mystery behind the recent botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines through Beitbridge border post - now playing out in the courts - has been unravelle...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:20hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican community's conflict with safari hunting company ends in success - a lesson for all
Mozambique's international hunting challenges and opportunities , including those of other African countries come under the spotlight when it hosts the African Wildlife Consultative Forum in Maputo in...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:09hrs | 925 | by Emmanuel Koro
Robber, poachers arrested
A 34-year-old suspected armed robber has been arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly attacking, with help from an accomplice, a man at a bus stop, stealing his wallet containing US$2 500 before speeding o...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:14hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa talks tough on illegal mining
THE Government will not tolerate timber poaching, illegal mining, settlements in plantations, and deforestation as that will impede the rural industrialisation agenda being driven by the Second Republ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead after 18 day search
THE family of a man who was found hanging from a tree in Woodlands, Bulawayo on Wednesday has disputed the results of the post-mortem revealing that he had committed suicide and is demanding a fresh a...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Bulawayo top sand poaching stats - EMA
HARARE and Bulawayo have been identified as the country's leading provinces with rampant illegal sand poaching with authorities calling for stiffer penalties that are deterrent in order to ward off po...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 23:58hrs | 471 | 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 | 2737 | 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 | 84 | by Staff reporter
Hit and run driver kills 30-year-old Bulawayo man
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has reported that it is investigating a suspected hit and run road traffic accident in which the body of a 30-year-old man was found lying in the middle of the road near S...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:17hrs | 930 | by Mandla Ndlovu
U.S. removal of hold on elephant trophy hunting imports to boost Namibia's wildlife conservation
Namibia's wildlife conservation efforts were this year boosted following the U.S. Government's removal of the unnecessary hold on the African elephant trophy hunting imports. The five-yea...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:14hrs | 580 | by Emmanuel Koro
UN wildlife protection agency 'violates' its own trade regulating rules
The United Nations international wild trade regulating agency, CITES, continues to go through a dark passage from which it will likely emerge as the destroyer, rather than the saviour, of the world's ...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 09:22hrs | 1220 | by Emmanuel Koro
Botswana chieftainess fires last protest shot as British leaders scrap hunting trophies imports ban
After months of passionate appeals to the British Government to discontinue its plans to introduce the Trophy Hunting Imports Ban Bill, the protest voice of a Botswana Chieftainess who represents a wi...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:27hrs | 1648 | by Emmanuel Koro
Bosso, Bulawayo City hostilities resume at BF
EVEN after just four weeks of play (OK, there was that long Afcon break), today's fixtures in the Castle Premier Soccer League bear a thoroughly intriguing look.Match day Five in the Premiersh...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:30hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate reveals opposition's voter registration scam
THE ZANU-PF candidate for Mbizo Constituency in Kwekwe, Vongaishe Mupereri, has accused opposition political parties of poaching people from other constituencies to register in Mbizo as voters, solely...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:54hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Where wildlife produces its own managers
When African wildlife 'sends' you to South Africa's Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) to study nature conservation, using international hunting revenue so that you can come back and manage it, yo...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 13:16hrs | 1040 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zanu-PF aspiring MP arrested
POLICE have arrested Zanu-PF aspiring candidate for Binga North National Assembly constituency, Kuda Mavula Munsaka after he led a 25-man gang which stormed a fishing camp in Binga demanding release o...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 16:26hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring MP accuses Binga investor of funding opposition
AN aspiring Zanu-PF Binga North Member of Parliament, Kudakwashe Munsaka, has allegedly threatened an International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) investor he accuses of funding the opposition party ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Chinese quarry mine unsettles Bulawayo residents amid bribery claims
SITHANDEKILE Dube* is jolted by yet another heavy blast that just shook her house in Bulawayo's Pumula North high-density suburb.The blasts have become a common occurrence in the bustling neig...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:22hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
'Discontinue trophy hunting imports ban bill to save African wildlife'
A leading SADC Safari hunting company that has so far spent over US$367 000.00 to support wildlife conservation and socio-economic development in Tanzania has appealed to the British Government to dis...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 15:00hrs | 4846 | by Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg
'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 | 2408 | by Emmanuel Koro
Poachers threaten Kariba fisheries
KAPENTA fish producers have raised concern over illegal fish trade at Lake Kariba saying this is threatening the viability of the industry.According to section 7 of the Commercial Kapenta Prod...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:53hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 1 306 over precious minerals
POLICE this year arrested about 1 306 people for illegally dealing in precious minerals and elephant tusks, recovering millions of dollars' worth of contraband, a senior officer said on Saturday....Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:45hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland groups urged to push for control of resources
MATABELELAND-BASED residents associations have been challenged to unite in demanding that locals take control and benefit from their natural resources to end cyclical poverty.The calls were ma...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:13hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Armed sand poachers invade Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents' associations have called on government to deploy armed police to stop sand poaching activities in most residential areas.The residents' associations said sand poachers were...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:12hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to maintain must-visit international hunting destination status
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic's disruptive waves that continue to result in international travel bans, the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe (SOAZ) plans to mount a 2022 vigorous campaign, in o...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 21:37hrs | 32 | by Emmanuel Koro
Sand poachers wreak havoc in Bulawayo
ILLEGAL sand poachers are now targeting undeveloped housing stands in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb, leaving unclaimed pits that pose a danger to children.Two children drowned in one of the u...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:48hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
Patriotism needed to retain skilled labour, says Chiwenga
VICE-President and Minister of Health and Child Care General (Retired) Dr Constantino Chiwenga says patriotism is the motivating factor that should see the country retaining its specialised and skille...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers steal road rehabilitation sand
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has declared war on sand poachers in St Peter's on the outskirts of Bulawayo and yesterday council rangers deflated tyres of some of the suspects' vehicles in a bid to ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:39hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
'Councils should respond to sewer bursts within 24hrs'
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has said local authorities are obliged to respond to sewer bursts within 24 hours.This was revealed by Ema Harare provincial manager Robson Mavondo du...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Namibian professional hunters also conserve wildlife
They bring international hunters and income to Africa. Additionally, they contribute to wildlife management and conservation through acceptable hunting...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 14 | by Emmanuel Koro
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man feared dead after croc attack
A 33-YEAR-OLD man is feared dead after he was attacked by a crocodile at the Lake Harvest harbour in the resort town of Kariba.Witnesses yesterday said the victim, Bernard Nyabadza, was fishin...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Poachers take advantage of lockdowns
CASES of wildlife poaching have increased due to subdued anti-poaching activities that have been brought about by the lockdowns introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19.This was said by Paint...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Security guard drowns while poaching fish
A 33-YEAR-OLD Mazowe Henderson Research security guard drowned yesterday at Mazowe dam where he was allegedly caught poaching fish by Zimbabwe National Parks (ZimParks) officials.Martin Chisim...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 15:54hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tendaiishe Chitima wins 'Best Actress' at the I WILL TELL International Film Festival
Actress Tendaiishe Chitima has won "Best Actress" at the I WILL TELL International Film Festival on Sunday, September 5th for her outstanding performance in the film Gonarezhou: The Movie. ...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:53hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Giraffe poacher nabbed
A suspected giraffe poacher Remember Mereki (32) was arrested in Bindura on Wednesday after he was caught by security guards at a farm trying to kill a giraffe.The two security guards Takudzwa...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:39hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
SADC leadership ignores wildlife conservation as COVID-19 cripples tourism
The COVID-19 pandemic is clearly refusing to go away and is causing great damage in Africa — to both humankind and the tourism industry. This, in turn, is drastically reducing the income needed to c...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zanu-PF 'strong' and ready for 2023 elections, claims Mohadi
FORMER Vice President Kembo Mohadi says the ruling Zanu-PF as a ‘listening' party has emerged ‘strong' and is now ready for the 2023 national elections.Mohadi, who is now fully in control ...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reintroduces black rhino in Gonarezhou
GONAREZHOU National Park has reintroduced the black rhino species, seven years after it became extinct.The last original black rhino population in Gonarezhou was seen in the 1940s, presumably ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm blocked from reserve
THE Harare High Court has ordered a Chinese company to stop chrome mining activities in the Mavuradonha Wilderness in Guruve.The mining activities were affecting the operations of tourism comp...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Foreigner nabbed with $7m cocaine
POLICE in Harare yesterday said they arrested a foreign female on Monday 10, for attempting to smuggle cocaine with a street value of $7 million at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport....Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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