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Donkey remains irk Bulawayo residents
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo have raised a red flag over fresh donkey parts found in the suburb, raising suspicions that the animals could have been stolen from surrounding areas and slaughte...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Donkey meat concerns surfaces in Bulawayo
Ward 15 councilor Ashton Mhlanga has encouraged Cowdray Park residents to buy their meat from reputed licensed butcheries rather than backyards, following complaints of individuals selling donkey meat...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over donkey milk imports
A Botswana-based company, TAKUWA Natural Products, is planning to export donkey milk to Zimbabwe, a proposal that has sparked controversy among consumer rights groups.TAKUWA Natural Products h...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Donkey milk on supermarket shelves
TAKUWA Natural Products, a Botswana-based company, is looking to establish a donkey milk value-addition production base in Zimbabwe. While Zimbabwe has a large herd of donkeys mainly for draught power...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors sell meat on streets
FEARS abound that a major disease outbreak could hit Bulawayo following an increase in illegal meat vendors in the city's high-density suburbs.The most affected suburbs are Pumula, Emganwini, ...Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 25 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
A call for the condemnation of the violation of the human rights of prisoners by the Zimbabwe regime
Greetings to all! A few days ago, members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were released on bail from incarceration at Zimbabwe's notorious Khami and Mlondolozi prisons. No sooner had the...Published: 18 May 2021 at 15:20hrs | 2 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza - MLF President
Cross-border donkey rustlers on the prowl
To new arrivals, "Dip 27" is no different from any other rural service centre in Madabe communal lands south of Plumtree in Zimbabwe.Yet locals know that the daytime semblance of law-abiding p...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Oscar Nkala
Donkey meat hits Bulawayo market
SUSPECTED livestock rustlers have invaded Umguza district, stealing cattle and donkeys from their pens and slaughtering them, with the meat allegedly sold in Bulawayo.The rustlers are targetin...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa govt incurs credibility deficit'
Government is running under a serious credibility deficit, as the long-suffering Zimbabweans continue to lose hope in its economic policies, analysts have observed.The four months preceding th...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stolen donkey meat sold as zebra
TWO men from St Peters village on the outskirts of Bulawayo have appeared in court for allegedly stealing a donkey, slaughtering it and selling the meat to unsuspecting villagers. Thulani Ncub...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government says no to donkey abattoir
THE Government has vowed not to license the donkey abattoir in Bulawayo as slaughtering of the animals is unlawful in the country, an official said.Speaking at the Donkey Skin Trade Conference...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:02hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir: An investment that never was
LAST October, the news of a donkey abattoir opening here sent tongues wagging and elicited mixed feelings from a cross-section of society.It sounded bizarre to Zimbabweans, to whom donkey meat...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 10 donkeys 'shot' at abattoir
THE Government will not license a donkey abattoir that is being built in Bulawayo.The Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services DLVS) made the announcement last week as the Zimbabwe Nati...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Councillors debate over donkey abattoir
Bulawayo City Councillors have embarked in a serious debate over the consideration of the opening of the donkey abattoir in the city in which they have reservations that the com[any was likely to have...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Embrace donkey meat business'
CROSS-BORDER Traders' Association (ZCBTA) president Killer Zivhu has urged his members to embrace donkey meat business and make maximum use of an abattoir recently constructed in Bulawayo by Battlefro...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir owner hits back
Bulawayo businessman Garrith Lumsden has been in the eye of a storm after his plans to set up a donkey abattoir in the city were made public.Animal rights groups have come out strongly against...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Abattoir will increase the commercial value of the donkey
The donkey abattoir saga is a snapshot of the kind of society Zimbabwe is. A society diseased with serious intolerance of those who are different from the majority. It also shows how we think with our...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Ndaba Mloyi
Donkey abattoir blocked
THE Government has stopped the donkey abattoir in Umguza amid fears that the meat might be sold locally.A local company, Battlefront Investments is building a $150 000 donkey abattoir, the fir...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Donkey thefts up, abattoir blamed
SILOBELA and Zhombe villagers are living in fear of having their donkeys wiped out by thieves who are allegedly stocking up in anticipation of the opening of the $150 000 state-of-the-art donkey meat ...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir raises police, govt concerns
THE Government and the police have expressed reservations on the opening of a donkey abattoir in Umguza amid fears that the meat might be sold locally.A local company, Battlefront Investments ...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 02:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is happy, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, following the success of the youth interface rallies that we are now winding up, I suggest we move to mothers' interface rallies, then to fathers' i...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 16:38hrs | | by CZ
Uproar over donkey abattoir
Animal conservationists are protesting the slaughtering of donkeys for commercial purposes following an announcement by a Bulawayo-based company that it has started building a $150 000 state-of-the-ar...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets up first donkey abattoir
A BULAWAYO-BASED company, Battlefront Investments has started constructing a $150 000 specialised state-of-the-art donkey abattoir that will have a capacity to dress more than 70 animals per day....Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe donkeys are at risk
Rural communities across the world, including those in Zimbabwe, are at risk of being impoverished by "relentless" Chinese demand for donkey products such as meat and skins, which are stewed to pr...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
2 teens steal, eat neighbour's donkey
TWO Mangwe teenagers stole a neighbour's donkey, slaughtered it and went on to eat the meat, a court has heard.Njabulo Maphosa (19) and Hloniphani Mpofu (18) both of Mayobodo area told Plu...Published: 21 Oct 2016 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana govt issues permits for donkey meat export
BATSWANA interested in exporting donkey meat now have the path cleared for their ventures as government is now issuing permits for the potentially lucrative business.Agriculture Minister, ...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's ZimPF attacks Dabengwa's Zapu
In an explosive case of poor press management, the Zimbabwe People First through its Bulawayo Provincial Spokesperson Dr Geneva Sibanda yesterday (Sunday) released a scathing attack on ZAPU and it...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 16:47hrs | | by Sindisiwe Mkandla
Ignorant ZimPF
The sentiments by ZimPF concerning ZAPU's just ended Congress make a worrisome reading to many people and ZAPU in particular. While it is a disgrace in our culture and Ubuntu to criticize in any way w...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 18:26hrs | 1 | by Iphithule kaMaphosa
Ignorant Zimbabwe People First
The sentiments by ZimPF concerning ZAPU's just ended Congress make a worrisome reading to many people and ZAPU in particular. While it is a disgrace in our culture and Ubuntu to criticize in any w...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 18:07hrs | | by Iphithule kaMaphosa
2 die after eating 'poisoned' donkey meat
Windhoek - An elderly man and a 5-year-old boy died last week after consuming donkey meat that was suspected to have been poisoned.According to The Namibian, the deceased were both member...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 12:51hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe moves to thwart donkey meat imports from South Africa
THE Zimbabwe government is wary that contaminated beef products from South Africa could have found their way into Zimbabwe, as the country is a net importer of processed foods from the neighbouring c...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 12:30hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Residents mob trio over donkey carcasses
THERE was drama in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb on Monday when residents reportedly mobbed three men who were carrying carcasses of two donkeys in a pick-up truck.The three men, whose identities...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:50hrs | | by Local reporter
Donkey meat for sale in Bulawayo
THERE was pandemonium in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo last Saturday when residents discovered a slaughtered donkey's skin, head, ears and heels hidden in a hole in a bushy area, raising fears that meat vend...Published: 22 Jul 2012 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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