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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 | 2295 | 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
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
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 | 7 | by Steve Chapman
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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