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Villager, conservation clash overshooting of dogs
Chief Chundu, born Abel Mbasera, has urged constructive dialogue between Nyamakate villagers and Akashinga, a wildlife conservation organisation, following a disturbing incident involving the alleged ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 14:53hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Senior Civil servant nabbed for poaching
A senior civil servant was last week arrested for poaching after being found in possession of zebra meat at a road block along Harare-Mukumbur...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 09:06hrs | 7 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Preparations for the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon gather pace
HARARE - Econet Wireless Zimbabwe will this year hosts its annual Victoria Falls Marathon on December 13, as a virtually event, due to movement restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Th...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Phumuzile Phiri geared to grab Mangwe constituency from ZANU PF
Phumuzile Phiri a 30 year old lady is running for MP in Mangwe Constituency which has 17 rural wards and is found in Matabeleland South. The constituency is endowed with a lot of wild life and...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 12:59hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's re-engagement bearing fruits
The United Kingdom is a critical cog in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-integrate into the community of nations following years of isolation in the First Republic. As the former colonial power, the United Ki...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Strategic planning, management needed in our electrical energy sector
Just after the Second World War, political leaders in what was Southern Rhodesia started to think about how they would meet the needs of the country for electrical energy.After that, the debat...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Kariba tourists decline spurs Senate debate
Senators have called on central government to expeditiously provide financial resources for construction of a new airport in Kariba and upgrade its tourist facilities to international standards....Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to Bulilima MP Dingimuzi Phuthi
"DO NOT DISAPPOINT US" I would like to congratulate you on winning The Bulilima Constituency as our MP. Remember this "including all other people who are in the opposition when they ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 18:46hrs | 4 | by Taboka
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Vincent Gwarazimba
Bonyongwe causes storm at Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been plunged into a fresh storm after it emerged that board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe ordered that their meetings should not be digitally recorded in what...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimparks authorities reward pangolin trade whistle blower
Wild life authorities in Zimbabwe have apprehended a villager in Hwange area for dealing in pangolin and rewarded the whistle-blower for bringing the illegal trade to their attention.Ntandoyen...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 17:41hrs | 1 | by Simiso Mlevu
Masvingo airports set for upgrade
Buffalo Range and Masvingo airports are set to be upgraded to international standards, with Chinese investors having shown interest to partner Government in the two projects.Buffalo Range Airp...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt to refurbish Hwange National Airport
GOVERNMENT is planning to refurbish the underutilised Hwange National Park Airport into an international facility with some investors already showing interest in the project, a Cabinet Minister has sa...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
About Marriage (Part 1)
If you take a look at marriages these days and marriages in the previous centuries, you will spot a lot of differences. Seems like these days people are not getting married out of love but are getting...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 07:22hrs | 19 | by Belinda Chowa
Zimparks in tribalism and nepotism storm
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it is concerned and disappointed by the Zimbabwe National Parks and wildlife Authority's conduct in regard to their employment policy. Mthwakazi Republic...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 06:09hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Cyanide poisoning claim 251 elephants since 2013
251 elephants have been killed due to cyanide poisoning since 2013 as the country continues to battle with the worrying scourge of poaching which is threatening Zimbabwe's wildlife heritage.Th...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 13:00hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe was detained by police in Singapore, and it wasn't the first time
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe was briefly detained by no nonsense police in Singapore after she assaulted reporters and threw their cellphones into a pond at the Gleneagles hospital. She had to r...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 11:47hrs | 14 | by Maynard Manyowa
Mystery surrounding four big pythons that dodge parks officials
The mystery surrounding four big pythons at Rukweza Primary School in Nyazura continues to deepen with snakes dodging Zimbabwe National Parks and Wild Life Authority officials.The snakes have ...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 21:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Notice of demand for the restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:50hrs | 13 | by Paul Siwela
Notice of Demand for The Restoration of Matebeleland State
Under the direction and authority of Matebeleland Liberation Organisation Supreme Council, The President of M.L.O. Paul Siwela served the British government under the leadership of David Cameron and Z...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 15:17hrs | 5 | by Paul Siwela
Shona speaking teacher locked up in a Ndebele lessons classroom: A linguistic genocide
The politics, language, ethnic and culture problems began soon after the independence of Zimbabwe leading to the Gukurahundi atrocities in the 1980s in Matabeleland precipitated mainly by the ideologi...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 20:48hrs | 3 | by Themba Mthethwa
Revolution is pseudo, Mat'land never forced to take part, says Nkala! A smart way to rid oneself of collective responsibility
Ask any true revolutionary comrades who fought in the war or who took part in any action that demanded sweeping rebellious, radical new situation, demanding change in its absolute totality, demanding ...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 14:02hrs | | by revolution
Robert Mugabe: Power and allure of the libidinal economy
In these last days of Robert Mugabe, to think of the Zimbabwean polity and economy is to confront crises, disasters and calamities. What is visible to even the uncircumcised is the crushing cash crunc...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 16:31hrs | 2 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Govt still examining Quill birds
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Oppah Muchinguri has said the government is still examining the quill birds to establish if people may not contract diseases from them."W...Published: 21 May 2016 at 10:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zipra: The Wankie campaign
Once agreement had been reached, preparation for the campaign began. A joint political and military High Command was formed. Tambo and James Chikerema, the head of ZAPU in exile, directed the politica...Published: 16 May 2016 at 14:17hrs | 16 | by facebook
Drought forces Parks to sale live animals
Parks and Wildlife Management is selling wild animals in its parks due to drought. Parks officials say the development is aimed at de-stocking. The sale is open to any Zimbabwean with capacity to take...Published: 02 May 2016 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt to spend $139 million on livestock programme
Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Joseph Made has said the government will spend around $139 million in the live stock programme as the nation faces crippling drought....Published: 13 Feb 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cops recover 19kg elephant tusks
POLICE in Bulawayo have recovered elephant tusks weighing 19 kilogrammes believed to have been smuggled from Hwange National Park. The ivory was recovered on Sunday following a random police search on...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 10:05hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
'Poachers should rot in jail,' says Mnangagwa
Poaching is a menace to the country's struggling economy and poachers are as good as murderers who deserve to rot in jail, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Officially opening the Zimbabwe N...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 05:03hrs | | by Samantha Chigogo
The arrests of the Sunday Mail journalists not welcome
The arrest of the Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa and his two journalists by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers has shown that the ZRP has turned out to be untouchable. The fact that the Sunda...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 15:54hrs | | by Shanisani Matilaya
Shut Journalists to Shut Development!
The recent arrest and detention of the Sunday Mail Editor, Mabasa Sasa and his two journalists, over a story in which Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) top cop was implicated in the poaching of elephants...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 13:29hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Snake keeper killed by cobra in Gweru
A Gweru man who had an affinity for snakes died on Monday after he was bitten by a banded cobra which he had caught at a neighbour's house in Brankhurst suburb of his hometown.Fayaz Motala's d...Published: 17 Oct 2015 at 09:04hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Zimparks director honoured by Megafest
Zimbabwe Parks and Wild Life Management Authority has announced that its Director General E Chidziva has been honoured by the Megafest Magazine Zinmbabwe with an award of excellence in Sustainable Tou...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 07:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Five people arrested over cyanide poisoning scam
Zimbabwe Parks and Wild Life Management has said they have picked five suspects in connection with the cyanide poisoning which killed the elephants at Hwange National Parks.Suspected poachers ...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
I want my snake back, man tells court
A CHIHOTA man who was arrested for possessing a live Egyptian cobra (not a black mamba as earlier indicated) yesterday told a Harare magistrate he wanted his snake back. Grey Mupinganjira (32) of Muho...Published: 16 Sep 2015 at 06:28hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Zimbabwe - From bread basket to beg basket
THOSE of us who grew up in Rhodesia knew from an early age that the foundational pillars of the strength of the Rhodesian economy lay in agriculture, mining and manufacturing.So strong was Rho...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 13:36hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Cecil was significant to Zimbabwe's economy
The recent killing of Cecil the lion by an American dentist, Walter Palmer was not just a mere slaughtering of an animal but it was rather damaging of a natural resource that generated income wh...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 17:49hrs | 11 | by Peacemaker Zano
Zimbabwe baby elephants headed for Chinese circus
A grim fate likely awaits young elephants plucked from Zimbabwe's wild.Sources in Zimbabwe say that young elephants seized from their mothers in Hwange National Park months ago are about to be...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Christina Russo
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards a resounding success
The fifth edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards was held successfully on Saturday 9 May as hundreds turned out to celebrate the achievements of this year's nominees and winners.Held at ...Published: 11 May 2015 at 21:40hrs | 1 | by Arts Correspondent
Jumbos wreck havoc in Mhondoro-Ngezi
Marauding jumbos are wrecking havoc in some parts of Mhondoro-Ngezi destroying crops dashing any hopes of a good yield in the area.The elephants that have been roaming freely in some parts of ...Published: 24 Mar 2015 at 15:34hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
MDC castigates Matabeleland farms grabbing by outsiders
THE MDC led by Welshman Ncube in Matabeleland South has condemned the escalating grabbing of former white owned farms by many people from outside the region saying the government makes it looks li...Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 05:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Why Gukurahundi atrocities in Matabeleland and Midland is genocide
This article can be read in conjunction with the following documents: 'Breaking the silence, Building true peace', a report by the Catholic Commission for justice and peace (1997); Dr M.P. Guduza ...Published: 14 Jan 2015 at 23:27hrs | 13 | by Themba Mthethwa
Baboons (and rank touts) a menace in Gwanda
Residents of Gwanda have raised a concern about the influx of baboons in the greater parts of the town particularly the CBD area.Complaints sent to Bulawayo24 News by residents claim that ...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Jackals wreak havoc in Insiza (Ward five)'
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone Number....Published: 30 Dec 2014 at 11:28hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
MDC applauds Mugabe
The Movement for Democratic Change MDC applauds the move taken by President Robert Mugabe's government of removing Zanu-PF and military commanders from Save conservancy if the decision was done...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 18:27hrs | | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Matabeleland South poisonous plant alarms MPs
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment, Water, Tourism and Hospitality Industry will soon tour some parts of Matabeleland South to assess the damage caused by the poisonous cactus rosea ...Published: 25 Jun 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Villagers living in fear of stray LIONS' - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. ...Published: 16 May 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by SA Resident
Ndolwane villagers blast government
PLUMTREE - Villagers in Ndolwane, one of the most remote areas in Matabeleland, have blasted the government for what they termed "deliberate" neglect of their area.Ndolwane lies in the Bu...Published: 21 Mar 2014 at 11:01hrs | 8 | by Mxolisi Ncube
'Don't tempt cops with bribes,' says Mujuru
Vice President Joice Mujuru has told police officers to stop engaging in corruption saying this was tarnishing the image of the force.Addressing a pass out parade of 546 police officers, Muju...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Villagers surrender undisclosed quantities of cyanide
TSHOLOTSHO villagers have surrendered undisclosed quantities of cyanide part of which was used to kill elephants at the Hwange National Park. The villagers, who admitted having taken part in ...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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