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3 lions beheaded in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has launched an investigation into a disturbing case of poaching after the bodies of three lions were discovered beheaded in Hwange Nati...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business upbeat over Richard Branson's visit
THE Zimbabwe Business Council says the recent visit by one of the world's richest men and owner of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson offered the country an opportunity to market its tourism potential....Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's upper-middle income economy plans in disarray
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said his administration will be able to push to fulfil its long-term plan of transforming Zimbabwe into an upper-middle income economy in line with Vision 2030 if the illegal e...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gonarezhou to reintroduce rhinos
Gonarezhou National Park is set to reintroduce over 20 rhinoceros into the vast wildlife conservancy next year, after the last of the 200 rhinos that were kept in the park were gunned down by poachers...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec warns against prohibited symbols
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has warned that aspiring candidates for the harmonised elections who will use "banned symbols" as party emblems will be disqualified at the nomination court....Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rattling towards dictatorship
Once upon a time, a sheep farmer got a new and larger farm. Complete with a big sheep pen. Instead of using the pen, the farmer decided to keep his sheep in the lounge. Sheepish, you would say....Published: 27 May 2018 at 09:15hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
8 things you should know before you go to Zimbabwe
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know there have been political changes afoot in Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe is out and there's a new president...Published: 15 May 2018 at 13:51hrs | 7 | by Lynn Houghton
Rhino Poaching Stats: Slight Decrease But still Far Too High
The small decrease in overall poaching in 2017 has been overshadowed by a growing concern for the increase and broadening of poaching elsewhere in South Africa as onl...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Louzel Lombard Steyn
Mnangagwa bans live elephant trade
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured below, has banned trade in live elephants following a global outcry in the wake of the sale of 34 baby elephants to China late last year.Mnangagwa also b...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion as Zimbabwe promises review of elephant exports amidst global condemnation
Three weeks after 31 young elephants were exported, presumedly to China, Zimbabw...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 10:37hrs | 3 | by Adam Cruise and Christina Russo
The Lost Kingdom - The rise and fall of the Kalanga Monarchy
As we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of our republic it may be noted that modern Botswana as a whole, and not just communities in the north-east, has its ancient Ikalanga roots.They run deep in ...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 11:11hrs | 2 | by Jeff Ramsay
Zimbabwean woman arrested at OR Tambo Airport
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, has congratulated members of the Environmental Management Inspectorate, also known as the Green Scorpions, for their assistance in the arrest of ...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two shot dead in Hwange National Park
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers shot and killed two poachers on Tuesday in Hwange National Park after they violently resisted arrest.Zimparks spokesperson Ms Carol...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mobile phone betrays poacher
A poaching escapade by a 43-year-old Kwekwe man went awry recently when he dropped his mobile phone on the crime scene soon after killing a rhinoceros and removed its horns worth $120 000 in Bubye Val...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man in court for killing four rhinos
A BULAWAYO man appeared before a magistrate's court here for poaching after he allegedly teamed up with three other men and killed four rhinoceros worth nearly $500 000 at Sango Valley Conservancy in ...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:08hrs | | by George Maponga
Mugabe's secret agent in court over poaching
A senior member of the Central Intelligence Organisation has appeared before a Masvingo magistrate's court for poaching after he allegedly teamed up with three other men and killed four rhinoceros...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by CIO in court over poaching
MDC-T MP arrested over poaching
Four people have been arrested in connection with suspected rhino poaching in Matobo National Park while an MDC-T legislator for Tsholotsho (Proportional Representation), Ms Lwazi Sibanda, has been qu...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 05:22hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
David Pocock trains with anti-poaching Malilangwe Scouts
AUSTRALIAN rugby star - David Pocock spent the better part of his off season training in Zimbabwe with an anti-poaching unit known as the Malilangwe Scouts.The ribbed Wallabies star spent his ...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
David Pocock flies to Zimbabwe to hunt for Rhino poachers
Battered and bruised with two black eyes, a broken nose and bandaged fingers, you'd expect Wallabies superstar David Pocock to put his feet up while he's got the chance.But Pocock is not what ...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by Liam Croy
Over 740 rhinos have been killed in SA this year
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says 749 rhino have been poached so far this year in South Africa, up from the same period last year where 716 were killed. The minister revealed the...Published: 01 Sep 2015 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe evictions farm not fit for 'Big Five' game'
Manzou Farm in Mazowe, which has been given to First Lady Grace Mugabe to run as a wildlife sanctuary, is not fit for "Big Five" game, Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) has said.Jo...Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
US provides over $300,000 for Elephant and Rhino Conservation in Zimbabwe
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) provided over $300,000 for elephant and rhinoceros conservation in Zimbabwe, pushing the amount that the agency has donated in Zimbabwe since 20...Published: 18 Sep 2014 at 14:08hrs | | 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
Hwange National Park, poaching on the rise
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson Caroline Washaya-Moyo said poaching of key species of animals within Hwange National Park increased to 329 cases last year...Published: 01 Jan 2014 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rhinoceros horns disappear at court
Police have launched investigations into a case in which four rhinoceros horns worth $250 000 kept as exhibits disappeared at the Beitbridge magistrates courts. Police officer commanding Beitbridge di...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 19:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Elephant population declining in Africa
Across Africa elephants are being driven into decline due to poaching for their tusks, according to a report issued under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speci...Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 21:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cross-border poaching on the rise
THE rhino horn is fetching as much as $70 000 per kilogramme on the illegal market amid revelations that there is an upsurge of cross-border poaching activities.In this...Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe a victim of the Babel Curse!
Is Zimbabwe a victim of the Babel Curse? I wonder. But first, Tendai Biti. Quite a humourous guy, is he not? So humourous that he does not mind laughing at himself even. I am of course referring to hi...Published: 04 Aug 2012 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Police investigate water poisoning
Police have opened investigations into last week's delivery of a poisonous chemical to Harare's main waterworks.The law enforcement agents sent a docket to the Attorney General's Office for ad...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
19 tonnes of poison delivered for water treatment in Harare
The Herald reports that 19 tonnes of poisonous sodium cyanide were delivered to Harare's main waterworks last Wednesday.The driver of the truck carrying the deadly chemical told workers at Mo...Published: 31 Jul 2012 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's successor predetermined
Finance Minister and MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti has attracted a lot of mixed attention since the establishment of the inclusive Government three years ago, ranging from his economic policies...Published: 02 Jul 2012 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I will never challenge Morgan Tsvangirai as leader of MDC' - Biti interview with Sunday Mail
Finance Minister and MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti has attracted a lot of mixed attention since the establishment of the inclusive Government three years ago, ranging from his economic policies...Published: 01 Jul 2012 at 10:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambian poacher shot dead in Zimbabwe
A suspected Zambian poacher was shot dead by Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers in Sinamatela National Park on Tuesday as the authority intensifies war against poaching.T...Published: 27 Jan 2012 at 22:49hrs | | by staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister fingered in Rhino horn trade
LOCAL Government, Rural and Urban Development Deputy Minister Cecil Zvidzai has been named in a case in which three men were arrested in possession of two rhino horns worth US$120 000 last week, state...Published: 11 Jan 2012 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top award for Zimbabwe rhino conservationist
The endangered African rhinoceros isn't like a prehistoric dinosaur on the verge of extinction. It is robust in its natural habitat, it is disease resistant and breeds well when protected from p...Published: 11 Apr 2011 at 05:26hrs | | by Byo24News
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