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WATCH: Zimbabwean cattle rancher shatters auction records in South Africa
In a landmark event for the cattle ranching industry, Collins Tafireyi, a Zimbabwean cattle rancher, shattered auction records today by purchasing a prized Boran Stud bull for an unprecedented R8 mill...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 22:51hrs | 2299 | by Staff Reporter
World's most expensive cow sets new Guinness World Record
The owners erected two billboards showcasing the cow along the highway traversing the state, which attracted curious locals and busloads of veterinary students eager to view this 'super cow'.T...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Resettled farmers thriving in Zimbabwe
Gondai Bangidza seems to have struck gold as a resettled farmer in Zimbabwe's eastern Manicaland province.He brags about hiring full-time employees and seasonal workers at his farm.Ban...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches multi-million dollar cattle project today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today launch a US$15 million cattle ranching project in Mhondoro that is part of the country's efforts to boost the national herd as part of the Livestock Growth Plan, which s...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso members finally get to choose chairman, secretary, committee member
THERE was excitement ahead of the original date of the Highlanders elections, then disappointment when the polls were postponed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.That excitement is upon us ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump engages in jecha/ sand tactics on the U.S. economy
Democratic political consultant James Carville once said that if he were reincarnated, he'd want to come back as the bond market because "you can intimidate everybody." Donald Trump is not intimidated...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 20:08hrs | 8 | by Steve Chapman
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former gove...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by AP
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
How Obert Mpofu acquired his wealth
A myth has been brewing across Zimbabwe which claims that Obert Mpofu corruptly acquired wealth while he was Minister of Mines and now owns half of Victoria Falls and half of Bulawayo. These old wives...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 10:54hrs | 18 | by Nicholas Ncube
ZITF needs overhaul
ECONOMIC analysts have called for the sub-division of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) into sector-driven fairs as the business exhibition is struggling to attract big international corpor...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe white farmers set new compensation demands
GOVERNMENT has been driven into a tight corner over compensation of white former commercial farmers who lost land during the country's fast-track land reform programme after the former farmers tabled ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
White rancher accused of unfair labour practices
Workers at a white-owned commercial ranch in Matabeleland South have accused the proprietors of unfair labour practices and unhealthy working conditions.According to letters between Drummond R...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
White Zimbabwean farmer fights eviction at High Court
Magistrate Geraldine Mutsotso last week found commercial farmer Shane Warth of Lot 12 of lot 15 of NRA Mpapa in Mwenezi of failing to move away from land gazetted by government before slapping him wit...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 21:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe white farmer ordered off farm, 3 others face eviction
CHIREDZI magistrate Geraldine Mutsoto last week found a Mwenezi white commercial farmer, Shane Warth, guilty of overstaying at a 50-hectare farm that had been acquired for resettlement by government a...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube won't let go
Former Makokoba legislator Tshinga Dube will not abandon Makokoba constituency despite his emphatic defeat to MDC Alliance's James Sithole.Dube had in 2008 and 2015 tried his luck to wrest the...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland bull fetches $24 000
WHOEVER coined the idiom "laughing all the way to the bank" might have probably had one of Matabeleland region and the country's best cattle rancher and stud breeder, Dr Themba Dlodlo of Nguni Brahman...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leaping back into its former glory
Bulawayo is leaping back into its former glory as Zimbabwe's industrial hub, with several major companies either re-opening or increasing capacity utilisation that will result in the creation of emplo...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimplats to lease claims to ranchers
Zimplats has made a request to Mhondoro-Ngezi Rural District Council for permission to lease some of its mining claims for commercial ranching.According to the request, the local authority is ...Published: 30 May 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prince Harry was ours: Beitbridge
UNITED KINGDOM Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle at the weekend beamed live across the world had another effect in a small town of Zimbabwe called Beitbridge.Lying some 12 600km along th...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
White farmers still being kicked out of Zimbabwe farms
White farmers in Masvingo continue to face eviction despite moves by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to return some of their land, as part of efforts to revive the ailing agricultural sector which used t...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Who departs if the 'Chosen One' returns at Bosso
MADINDA is back at Highlanders! One could wake up to this headline any one of these days.Oh what a beautiful feeling for any and all that like to enjoy watching their favourite football team c...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:19hrs | 3 | by Allan Foti
Open defecation out of hand in Harare
Last Sunday marked World Toilet Day (WTD), amid rising concerns for proper human waste management as prescribed in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 with special focus on underd...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange lion killings undermine conservation efforts
Two endangered lionesses were killed after being lured out of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe to a hunting trap set up using meat from a cow they allegedly killed the previous...Published: 12 May 2017 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Oscar Nkala
WATCH: White family's traditional home in Zimbabwe
See how Allan Savory, and his wife Jody, live in Zimbabwe, in traditional thatch-roofed mud huts, entirely off-grid with solar cells, LED lanterns, and solar hot water heater. He also goes everywh...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 08:53hrs | | by youtube
Kenyans invade 44,000 acre farm
There's a standoff at Suyian Ranch.For the past week traditional herdsmen have invaded the land, burned down the tourist lodge and brought in thousands of cattle to steal pasture.Now p...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by BBC
Thief caught with bus load of goats
Police in Francistown have nabbed a 22-year-old man from Molebatsi ward in Tonota village with 27 stolen goats at Gerald Farms in the outskirts of Francistown.The Voice reported that the suspe...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to an African Youth
Africa Needs the Next Generation, I am so hopeful about our continent's future, Moreover, the African youth must bear in mind that they are the future leaders of Africa. I see future farmers, ranchers...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 19:11hrs | | by Adam Bangizwe - Nkashaka Sibuyi
Evicted farmer seeks Mnangagwa intervention
The family of Mwenezi rancher, Daryl Collet, has roped in Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF ministers and traditional leaders in its fight to reclaim ownership of Mjingwe Ranch which was ...Published: 19 Aug 2015 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda scoffs at MDC Renewal Team's court challenge
Speaker of the House of Assembly Jacob Mudenda has scoffed at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application, filed by the 16 expelled former MDC-T legislators, seeking to challenge their ouster ...Published: 14 Apr 2015 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpofu cornered in court, divulges source of wealth
THE ongoing cross-examination of 'mega-rich' minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister obert Mpofu in the US$2 billion fraud case involving former ZMDC chief executive Dominic Muba...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 16:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu reveals sources of wealth
THE ongoing cross-examination of 'mega-rich' minister of Infrastructure and Development Minister obert Mpofu in the US$2 billion fraud case involving former ZMDC chief executive Dominic Mubaiwa and ...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 17:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
The money that they stole
The Reserve Bank is a monster that was transformed into a tuck shop for ZANU (PF) parasites and I feel sorry for my class mate, the new Governor who must pretend all is well.A bunch of men...Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 08:21hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Zanu-PF chefs evicted
THE government has started kicking out Zanu-PF and senior military officials from the Save Valley Conservancy in Chiredzi after serving them with letters cancelling the 25-year leases they were issued...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 08:25hrs | | by George Maponga
CSC in bid to tap into the Angolan beef market
THE Cold Storage Company (CSC) says it plans to tap into the Angolan beef market as it plots ways to escape from crippling financial problems.CSC's marketing director Isiah Machingura told Sou...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 08:13hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe tours Gono's massive farm
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday toured former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono's chicken-rearing business at New Donnington Farm in Norton. He commended Dr Gono for the massive proj...Published: 28 Mar 2014 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana resumes cattle sales to Zimbabwe
MAUN - Cattle exports to Zimbabwe from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)-affected areas will resume next month as Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) battles to reduce overstocking in areas like Ngamiland....Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 07:21hrs | | by Mmegi
Wildlife ranchers warn on Mugabe
A group of wildlife ranchers in southeastern Zimbabwe warned Tuesday that land and hunting permit takeovers by politicians from President Robert Mugabe’s party were threatening safar...Published: 12 Sep 2012 at 05:13hrs | | by AFP
Senior Zanu PF looters exposed
Senior Zanu PF officials and securocrats who were given concessions in the famed Save Valley Conservancy, in a move that has divided the party and invited fresh threats of sanctions against the c...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim diamond discovery has courted both controversy and fame
The discovery of diamonds in June 2006 by villagers in the Marange area in rural Chiadzwa, 90km southwest of Mutare, has been a mixed blessing for Zimbabwe.The Marange diamond fields - hailed...Published: 01 Apr 2012 at 10:59hrs | 2 | by Mark Scorfield - timeslive
Obert Mpofu buying into a Zimbabwean bank
HARARE – In yet another indication that Mines minister Obert Mpofu is a man of significant means, Daily News alleges that the senior Zanu-PF politician-cum-b...Published: 05 Mar 2012 at 04:56hrs | | by Chris Goko and Everson Mushava
Retired Colonel Dube appointed Marange Resources chair
ZIMBABWE Defence Industries (ZDI) chief executive officer (CEO), Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, has been appointed chairperson of the Marange Resources (Private) Limited with immediate effect.A...Published: 03 Mar 2012 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diasporan based Zimbo declares interest in Bubi parly seat
A Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom has declared his interest in contesting for the House of Assembly seat for Bubi in elections scheduled for this year.The country expects to hold harmon...Published: 11 Feb 2012 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
People are not used to having successful business people from Matabeleland
MINES and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu has said he has more cows than anyone in Zimbabwe and that his wealth was suspicious because many people were not used to having successful business p...Published: 11 Nov 2011 at 08:55hrs | | by Sehlule Zondo
Cameroon couple seek help to separate conjoined twins
Parents of newborn conjoined twins in Cameroon are desperately search for a way to separate their two girls, CNN reported. The two baby girls born in a miraculous delivery in an impoverished ...Published: 26 Oct 2011 at 09:50hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Man drinks own urine to survive
La Paz - The sole survivor of a plane crash in Bolivia stayed alive by eating insects, drinking his own urine and painting an arrow in the ground with his blood to show rescuers where he was, accordin...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 10:17hrs | | by Sapa
Govt attacked over Joshua Nkomo
THE shaky government of national unity has come under heavy attack from Bulawayo residents for having misplaced priorities when it comes how to honour the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo....Published: 10 Sep 2011 at 06:18hrs | | by Busani Ncube
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