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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 | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 plunges Zimbabwe into wildlife management crisis - What can be done before vaccine?
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an almost three-month ban on international and domestic travel to Zimbabwe's prime tourist resorts. This has plunged the country into a wildlife management crisis char...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1794 | by Emmanuel Koro
ZimParks rangers drunk with sanitizers
KARIBA - The human and wildlife conflict in the resort town of Kariba is being fueled by Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management (ZimParks) rangers neglecting duty while drunk with sanitizers ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 973 | by Naume Muza
Victoria Falls city fathers, residents face off
A Vic Falls forest along Kazungula Border Post Road which has been targeted by residents for indiscriminate cutting down of treesVICTORIA Falls authorities and residents have faced off over th...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
The need for a Social Contact
"The old is dying and the new cannot be born,in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." The above famous quote by Antonio Gramsci best captures how a citizenry finds...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 11:52hrs | 332 | by Evangelist Sendekai W. T
Five hungry men nabbed for kudu poaching
Five hungry Mbire men were slapped with $500 fine each for poaching a kudu by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday. ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 11:57hrs | 1464 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa's son implicated in poaching
Kudakwashe, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons is allegedly involved in the poaching of wildlife in Nyangambe in Save Valley Conservancy, a Chiredzi magistrate has been told.The allega...Published: 16 May 2020 at 15:09hrs | 8418 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses claims of ZDF deployment in Mozambique
Government has dismissed allegations by some opposition elements that it has deployed troops to Mozambique to help its eastern neighbour crush an Islamist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado region that ha...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 810 | by Christopher Makaza
WATCH: Zimbabwean smugglers laugh at South Africa's border fence
A stream of people illegally transporting groceries and cigarettes between SA and Zimbabwe this week laughed off SA's hastily constructed R37m border fence as a "joke".The Sunday Times visited...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:05hrs | 5027 | by Staff reporter
Leopard killer acquitted
THE man who was arrested for killing a leopard that had attacked him in January while on a mopane worm (amacimbi) harvesting expedition at a farm in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province has be...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:08hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must decide on action against the Chinese tormentors
Zimbabweans have been challenged to decide on action against the Chinese tormentors who are reportedly abusing the local mine workers.Farai Muguwo said the level of racist abuse of our citizen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1336 | by Stephen Jakes
Poacher shot dead in shootout
A SUSPECTED poacher was killed while his accomplice escaped following a shootout with game rangers on Wednesday at Bubye Valley Conservancy, some 60km west of Beitbridge town. The two men...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:02hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Wenera strikes UK TV deal
THE executive director of local popular soap opera Wenera Eddie Ndhlovu has struck a screening deal with VoxAfrica Television UK, a United Kingdom Pan-African bilingual television channel for the scre...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:00hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Two armed poachers nabbed
Two armed suspected Mbire poachers were arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday.The duo Isaa...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 06:38hrs | 269 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kariba kapenta fishing under threat
Players in the kapenta fishing industry are reportedly scrambling for Lake Kariba's Basin 5, amid fears of overfishing which could scuttle efforts to replenish fish stock. Some rig crews are r...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:48hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Poisoned fish on sale in Chikuti, police warn
Fish poisoned with cyanide are being sold along the Harare-Chirundu highway near Chikuti and police are concerned that vendors in other areas might be selling the fish. National Police Spokesp...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
15kg live pangolin lands man in trouble
A 39-YEAR-OLD Chitsungo man is in soup after he was allegedly found in possession of a 15 kilograms live pangolin.Zuze Tauro of Mushang...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 21:50hrs | 3666 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's daughter features in film
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter Tariro features in a movie titled Gonarezhou which is set for a world premiere this month in Los Angeles on the 17th and 21st.The anti-poaching film has...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:29hrs | 10579 | by Staff reporter
Women in mining communities neglected: mining and human rights watchdog
A mining and human rights watchdog organisation has accused government and mining companies of neglecting women in mining communities.This follows the death of a Hwange woman after a tunnel sh...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 09:34hrs | 318 | by Staff Reporter
Poacher dies in shoot-out
A SUSPECTED rhino poacher was recently killed in a shoot-out with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers at Save Valley Conservancy in Masvingo Province. ZimParks ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:36hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Highway spikes robber nabbed
BEITBRIDGE police have nabbed one robber, believed to be part of a dangerous gang of criminals hammering spikes on highways, deflating vehicle tyres to rob travellers.A firearm is said to have...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:22hrs | 2181 | by Staff reporter
Huge salaries for anti-graft officials
GOVERNMENT is taking extraordinary measures to ring-fence all officers employed by the special anti-corruption courts through paying them competitive salaries and allowances. The Government be...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:36hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi harvester strangles leopard, arrested
AN expedition to harvest the much sought after mopani worms (amacimbi) almost turned tragic for a security guard employed at Whitewater High School in Matobo District, Matabeleland South, as he found ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Top cop in rhino poaching storm
A BULAWAYO senior police officer and two accomplices, one of them a Zambian, have appeared in court for allegedly poaching rhinos at Bubye Valley Conservancy at Mazunga area in Beitbridge. Nhl...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Why animal poaching needs to stop & how you can help stop it
Animal poaching continues to be a major issue in the conservation of many animal species. Despite efforts to stop poaching, it continues to persist. Many people do not realize the extent of the proble...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 14:09hrs | 1550 | by Staff Writer
Why not Saviour Kasukuwere?
As 2020 begins it drags with it a nagging pertinent question which 2019 posed to our national politics; one we must reflect upon with all the hopes and aspirations a new year inspires. Why not Saviour...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 18:17hrs | 8997 | by Ntokozo Msipha
10 endangered animals that are being saved by Zoos
In zoos all around the world, endangered species are being eased back from the brink of extinction. As the wildlife of earth continues to struggle more than ever in the fight to survive, some species ...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:54hrs | 1311 | by Staff writer
Two Mozambicans nabbed for poaching in Mbire
TWO Mozambicans were arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday for unlawfully entering Zimbabwe and reportedly possessing two elephant tasks weighing more than 10 kilogram...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:02hrs | 936 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rangers force fish poacher, son to swim in Zambezi river
A ZAMBIAN man and his four-year-old son drowned in the Zambezi River after Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers allegedly ordered him to swim across the river with the lad...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:35hrs | 1747 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe readies mass wildlife migration
Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country's south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation.At least ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 273 | by Reuters
Homicide conviction for Joshua Nkomo guard killer
AN unlicensed truck driver who ran over a security guard employed by the family of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo as he attempted to flee after he was caught poaching sand at the family ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1703 | by Staff reporter
Ex Vic Falls Mayor cleared of poaching charges
Matabeleland North Magistrate Livard Philemon has acquitted former Zanu-PF Victoria Falls Mayor Sifiso Mpofu of poaching charges.Mpofu, a relative of Zanu-PF Politburo member and former minist...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 17:32hrs | 864 | by Staff Reporter
Woman arrested with US$176 800 worth of ivory
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has arrested a 42-year-old woman in Murehwa for illegal possession of ivory.In a statement the police said on 06 November 2019, they received information that the ...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 16:39hrs | 4477 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-Victoria Falls mayor acquitted
FORMER Victoria Falls mayor Sifiso Mpofu (Zanu PF) and his two alleged accomplices have been acquitted on charges of poaching after they were found in possession of elephant tusks.Mpofu, Milto...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:51hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Prince Harry invests in Matusadonha
Britain's Prince Harry is the president of the African parks, a company that has acquired a stake in Matusadonha National Park in Mashonaland West Province. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Auth...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
4 years in jail for python, pangolin skins possession
AN inyanga from Binga has been jailed for an effective four years for possession of pangolin and python skins. Jerry Mwembe (44) of Kabula area in Lusulu was arrested after an anti-poaching te...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Rural Namibians pin hopes for prosperous future on tourism lodges & hunting despite animal rights' anti-use threats
Namibian rural communities are impressively running lodge and hunting agreements to reduce poverty in seemingly lifeless but wildlife rich semi-desert landscapes, despite the western animal rights gro...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:26hrs | 152 | by Emmanuel Koro
ZimParks needs US$30 million for operations
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) needs about US$30 million annually to effectively run its operations, but the budget might be affected if the United States government's...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:22hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
'US crafting Cecil Act to ban Zimbabwe trophy movements'
THE United States is reportedly working on legislation called the Cecil Act, which seeks to ban the movement of trophies from Zimbabwe to America, a development that could see the southern African nat...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 12:37hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slates proposed US anti-trophy hunting law
GOVERNMENT is disturbed by moves by the United States to frustrate wildlife trophy hunting in Zimbabwe and is engaging Washington over the matter, a senior official said yesterday. The United ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
The recruits who challenged the Zipra leadership
SEVENTY-THREE-year-old Tapson Ncube passes for just another villager in the Inyankuni area in Umzingwane District, but when one goes down memory lane, the man whose pseudo name was Makhula Thebe durin...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:25hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
US$100k tourism boost for Tsholotsho
GOVERNMENT has set aside US$100 000 to establish a tourism camping site in Tsholotsho to be run by communities living adjacent to the Hwange National Park. The move is aimed at empowering the ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:18hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Who will pay for Bosso's expatriate coach, asks Tshinga Dube
HIGHLANDERS' long time benefactor Tshinga Dube has said he is sceptical of the club's ability to pay an expatriate coach.Dube, who was heavily involved in the hiring of Dutchman Erol Akbay in ...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:28hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
When a government starts abducting its own doctors…
While the President of the Republic is busy trying to be endorsed by a dead man called Robert Mugabe, all the country's referral hospitals are without doctors, after the Doctors Association called for...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:15hrs | 4434 | by Knowledge Hakata
Robert and Grace Mugabe's US$1 billion fortune
Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace built up a huge personal fortune and property empire while their countrymen suffered in the starvation and grinding poverty that his brutal regime brought about....Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:26hrs | 3004 | by Mail Online
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 | 95 | by Staff reporter
A history of abductions, assassinations in Zimbabwe
October 15, 1975: Edson Sithole and his secretary Miriam Mhlanga were grabbed by unknown assailants, bundled into a car and were never seen again. A few weeks earlier, Sithole had fallen out with othe...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hailed for Cites pullout plan
President Mnangagwa's announcement that Zimbabwe plans to pull out of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (Cites) has triggered excitement in Geneva, Swit...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 881 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa threatens CITES pull-out
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe is contemplating pulling out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to fully benefit from its conservation...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
3 poachers shot dead in Bubye Conservancy
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers this week shot dead three suspected poachers and launched a probe into recurring cases of rhino poaching in the Bubye Valley Conserv...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:47hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
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