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Fire guts Shearwater Adventures flat in Victoria Falls
A Fire burnt a flat at Bongoland in Victoria Falls on Friday evening.The flat is one of the block of apartments owned by Shearwater Adventures where the tour operating company's workers reside...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:32hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says man who sent out airport bomb warning on e-mail arrested
Zimbabwe's presidency on Monday confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old South African man alleged to be the sender of an email which caused travel chaos last Friday, including forcing President Emmerson...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe declares 'heightened alert'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa aborted landing at Victoria Falls International Airport on Friday and his private jet returned to Harare after authorities were warned of a "credible bomb or firearm threa...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Mayor finally elected
In a unanimous decision, Prince Thuso Dilelihle Moyo, the youthful Ward 7 councillor of Victoria Falls City, has been chosen as the city's new mayor. Joining him in leadership as deputy mayor is Ward ...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 22:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls Town Clerk acquitted
THE State has withdrawn before plea, charges of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer against Victoria Falls Town Clerk Mr Ronnie Dube for lack of evidence.Hwange magistrate Ms Barbara Ph...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls town clerk reinstated
A COMMISSION of inquiry set by Victoria Falls City Council to investigate allegations of corruption levelled against suspended Town Clerk Ronnie Dube has exonerated him, paving way for his reinstateme...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Victoria Falls Town Clerk to spend weekend in cells
VICTORIA Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube, who is facing a charge of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, will spend the weekend in cells awaiting his bail ruling on Monday. Dube (54) was arrested ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls tour operators dispatch helicopters, rafters to Chimanimani
SHEARWATER Adventures and Chikopokopo Tour Operators in Victoria Falls have dispatched two six-seater long-range helicopters and water rafters to cyclone-ravaged Chimanimani to help in rescue operatio...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jet boat launch shuts down Victoria Falls Border Post
THE Victoria Falls Border Post will be closed for two hours this morning between 6AM and 8AM to cater for the launch of a majestic jet boat on the Zambezi River. Shearwater Adventures is re-introducin...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shearwater acquires up-market cruise boat
SHEARWATER Adventures has acquired a 100-seater up-market cruise boat to cater for executives.The two-deck boat was manufactured by a Bulawayo company at a total cost of about $500 000 and is ...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crocodile captured on top of Victoria Falls Bridge
THE iconic Victoria Falls Bridge, spanning the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, had an unwelcome visitor on Sunday - a two-metre-long crocodile.The crocodile brought adventure activi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 Dangerous places to eat in Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls is such an awesome place to visit for a number of reasons. One of the biggest features of this town happens to be the choices of food and drink you have. Ironically all these places com...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:55hrs | 17 | by Carl Joshua Ncube
Easter spikes hotel occupancy
THE call by the Government to create an investor friendly environment has had a huge impact on the tourism sector which is recording a high number of foreign visitors to the country.The Hospit...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls elephant rides stopped
TOUR operators in Victoria Falls are slowly giving in to pressure from international tourism agents to stop elephant ride activities on claim of abuse to wildlife.International animal activist...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
AC Milan star at Victoria Falls
ITALIAN and AC Milan midfield star Andrea Poli has become the latest in a long list of world-famous celebrities who have succumbed to the allure of the Victoria Falls.He reportedly sampled the...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls white water rafting suspended
WHITE water rafting activities have been suspended in Victoria Falls as the Rafting Association of Zimbabwe (RAZ) closed for the season owing to rising water levels in the Zambezi River.RA...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Smith thrilled to be in Zimbabwe
WHEN a tourist destination continues to attract the who is who in the world, then it is time the whole world starts seeing how Zimbabwe is lucky to be blessed with one of the Seven Wonders of the ...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Smith brings Victoria Falls to a standstill
It was a one hour spectacle, but Victoria Falls is still abuzz with news about Hollywood star Will Smith's surprise visit to the resort town last week.Smith visited the world famous Victor...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shearwater builds 150-bed lodge in Victoria Falls
SHEARWATER Adventures, one of leading tour operators in the country, has built a new look 150-bed lodge in Victoria Falls at a cost of $1.2 million.Construction of the Victoria Falls Explo...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man offers loaf of bread as child upkeep
Mexan Mpofu a waiter at Shearwater Café in Victoria Falls has offered a loaf of bread worth $1 as monthly maintenance for his minor daughter. Mpofu said he was not earning a salary but de...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls in power blackout
A ZESA technical fault forced some shops to shut down in Victoria Falls' Central Business District (CBD) on Saturday and by yesterday power had not yet been restored. The section of the CBD wh...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 05:28hrs | | by Leonard Ncube and Adelaide Moyo
Batoka to employ locals
BATOKA hydropower dam project is expected to create employment for about 3 000 people from both Zimbabwe and Zambia.Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) chief executive officer Munyaradzi Munondawafa...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tourists 'helicopter crash' causes panic
PANIC gripped the resort town of Victoria Falls on Monday after it was reported that a helicopter carrying tourists had crashed.Residents lined the streets as ambulances and fire tenders sped ...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 08:53hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Zanu-PF warned over Victoria Falls renaming
ZANU-PF proposal to rename Victoria Falls has attracted mixed reactions from tourism players with some raising fears that a name change could make the resort town unpopular and affect tourism....Published: 18 Dec 2013 at 02:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim govt to pay back $400m seized by RBZ from FCAs
TOUR and Adventure operators in Victoria Falls have applauded the government for committing to address the issue of funds taken from their Foreign Currency Accounts by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe at...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 02:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Terrorist attacks in Kenya boost tourist arrivals in Zimbabwe
THE DEVASTATING terrorist attack in Kenya on September 21 has boosted tourist arrivals in Zimbabwe with the country's leading tourist resort, Victoria Falls, enjoying an increase in visitors.W...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 03:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chopper company fully booked ahead of UNWTO
THE Zambezi Helicopter Company, which offers flights over the falls, is fully booked ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly in Victoria Falls, an official sai...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim tourists arrivals continue to rise
The tourism market in Zimbabwe has experienced a significant upsurge in arrivals especially to the resort town of Victoria Falls as the economic situation continues to improve and stabilise, an offici...Published: 15 Jul 2012 at 15:38hrs | | by Business Reporter
Pensioner (78) breaks Vic Falls bungee jumping record
A 78-year-old pensioner from the United Kingdom is the new record holder for an elderly person to bungee jump off the historic Victoria Falls Bridge.Mr David Roberts' jump defied the myth that...Published: 20 Jun 2012 at 09:11hrs | | by Victoria Falls Reporter
Unavailability of air link hits Zimbabwe tourism
THE continued absence of the national airline, Air Zimbabwe, in the air and recent increase of fuel prices locally and regionally had a negative impact on tourist arrivals in the resort town of Victo...Published: 24 Apr 2012 at 04:43hrs | | by Victoria Falls Reporter
Trial of 'tribalistic' activist postponed
The trial of prominent, Victoria Falls civil activist, Esau Ncube who is on a charge of fanning tribal hatred was on Tuesday postponed to April 5 at the request of his lawyer who was tied up with othe...Published: 28 Mar 2012 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Thomas Jubane
Tourist disappears in Victoria Falls Rainforest
A Bulawayo man went missing while touring the Rainforest in Victoria Falls on Sunday. Mr Tinashe Chitambo, whose personal details could not be readily established yesterday, reportedly went missing w...Published: 28 Mar 2012 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
TV icon bungee jumps off Victoria Falls Bridge
AS the Victoria Falls bungee jumping bounces back, a world adventure icon, best known for his television series Man vs Wild, known as Born Survivor, Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls took a leap of faith a...Published: 24 Feb 2012 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls bungee jumping suspended
THE Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management has with immediate effect suspended bungee jumping in Victoria Falls until a safety audit is done by some South African experts.This c...Published: 12 Jan 2012 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA fuel shortage affecting Vic Falls tourist arrivals
TOURIST’s arrivals in the resort town of Victoria Falls have been negatively affected by the fuel shortages in the neighboring South Africa caused by the current strike of petroleum ...Published: 16 Jul 2011 at 18:02hrs | | by .
Zimbabwe: A World of Wonders to be launched in Durban
ZIMBABWE will launch its new tourism brand, Zimbabwe: A World of Wonders, at the Indaba Tourism Expo to be held in Durban, South Africa, from May 7 to 10.This is one of the biggest promotions ...Published: 20 Apr 2011 at 04:24hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Botswana's Chobe project poses threat to Victoria Falls
The attractiveness of the mighty Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world, is under threat if Botswana goes ahead with its planned extraction of large volumes of water from Ch...Published: 17 Jan 2011 at 17:32hrs | | by Byo24News
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