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Foot and mouth under control
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development has launched a nationwide vaccination campaign to combat foot and mouth disease (FMD), offering relief to farmers concerned ...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 18:00hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe goes digital in livestock management
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has officially launched the National Livestock Stock Card Initiative in Chidziva Village, Bindura, aiming to transform the li...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's beef output rises 5.1% in 2024
Zimbabwe produced 94,600 tonnes of beef in 2024, a 5.1 percent increase from 90,000 tonnes in 2023, driven by drought-induced emergency destocking and a steadily growing national herd, according to th...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:37hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2370 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cattle investment vehicle launched
WITH advancements in digital currencies, one would naturally expect Zimbabwe's financial system and or capital markets to be seized with understanding and regulating crypto currencies.But the ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:14hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chilonga SI amended
Government has published an amended Statutory Instrument aimed at paving way for the development of a massive irrigation scheme on 200 000 hectares in south eastern Lowveld. A few minor errors...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Repositioning Bulawayo for the future
This week Bulawayo will celebrate its 125th annivesary amidst pleas and cries for the city to be restored to its former glory as the industrial hub of the country in the 60s and 70s. I would like to a...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Dumisani O. Nkomo
Zimbabwe revamping education system
THE Government is revamping the country's education system to ensure it meets the country's economic development needs, President Mnangagwa has said. In a speech read on his behalf by Higher a...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Drought ravages Matebeleland South, Masvingo
LIVESTOCK farmers in Beitbridge, Gwanda and parts of Mwenezi districts have reported a marked deterioration in the health of their animals as drought tightens its grip on parts of Matebeleland South a...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CSC revival brings hope to livestock farmers
PLAYERS in the livestock industry have hailed efforts by the Government to revive ailing meat processor and marketer, Cold Storage Company (CSC), describing them as a major stride towards enhancing th...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Farmers to hold meeting in Gwanda
Matabaleland formers have been invited for a meeting with the Provincial Veterinary Officer of Mat South Dr Mdlongwa in Gwanda on November 29.A notice to the farmers states that Mdlongwa invit...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 07:29hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF strategises while MDC-T is seized with Tsvangirai health
At a time when the MDC Alliance, and the MDC-T in particular is seized with Morgan Tsvangirai's health, it is game on for Zanu PF as it launched its National Livestock Identification Programme, which ...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's government owes Khama's government $800 000
ZIMBABWE owes Botswana US$800 000 for vaccines supplied by its neighbour to help control the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) two years ago.While Gaborone had previously provided Harar...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Paddy Zhanda sabotaging Mugabe and Matabeleland farmers
PRESS STATEMENT FROM MATABELELAND COUNCIL OF UNIONSThe Provincial Chairpersons of all farmer unions and associations in Matabeleland met on 6 March 2017 in Bulawayo ...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 11:09hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
'Cattle without brands still have owners' - 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 | 3 | by Concerned Citizen
Is Africa benefiting from chaos in Zimbabwe?
When the government of Zimbabwe entered into a deal to import maize from Zambia this year there was lot of hype within Zanu-PF party.But what was lost in the euphoria was why Zimbabwe is impor...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 07:32hrs | 3 | by Andrew Mambondiyani
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