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Bulawayo struggles with donkey menace in suburbs

Bulawayo City Council has expressed concern over a rising problem of donkeys roaming freely in several suburbs, including Cowdray Park, Pumula, and Magwegwe North, causing significant damage to residents' nutrition gardens.According to rec…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 15:18hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter

Wife catches village head 'raping' donkey twice

Magistrate Elizabeth Hanzi has sentenced Martin Gaviro, a 71-year-old village head under Chief Shumba in Masvingo rural, to 12 months in prison after convicting him of bestiality.Gaviro was caught twice engaging in sexual acts with a donke…

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:57hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter

US$5K fine for litter bugs

The City of Mutare is set to impose a hefty US$5,000 fine on anyone caught littering in undesignated areas, according to new by-laws currently being drafted by the local authority, The Manica Post has established.By-laws, which are localiz…

Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:27hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter

Plumtree man dies in donkey cart accident

A 28-year-old man from Tshemahali village in Madlambuzi, Plumtree, has died following an accident involving a donkey-drawn scotch cart that overturned after hitting a tree.Matabeleland South police spokesperson, Inspector Chiratidzo Dube, …

Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:27hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe sees renewed resolve to fight virus 3 years after deadly outbreak

In April 2022, Zimbabwe faced a ferocious measles outbreak that swept through all 10 provinces, infecting thousands and tragically claiming the lives of over 750 children by October. Among those directly impacted was Amai Nyasha, whose fir…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:22hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter

Donkey thieves jailed 12 years

Three men from Plumtree have been sentenced to a combined total of twelve years in jail for stealing donkeys from local grazing lands. Magistrate Joshua Nembaware handed down the sentences following guilty pleas from the accused.Butholezwe…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:22hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter

Vigilant Gwanda anti-stock theft group recover 16 stolen donkeys

Gwanda South villagers operating under the Gwanda Anti-Stock Theft Association (GASTA) have recovered 16 donkeys that were stolen in  Sinayi area when the vigilant community members embarked on an operation meant to curb rampant stock…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 14:19hrs | 341 | by Stephen Jakes

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 slaughtered for meat.The meat is suspected to h…

Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 7 | 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 by farmers, the country generally does…

Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Donkey-drawn carts ply Zimbabwe's abandoned remote routes?

From the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway in Zimbabwe at a spot popularly known as Turn-P, the road passing through Neshuro Township has been degraded, disused, and derelict for over two decades, with buses avoiding the route. Now donkey-drawn …

Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter

Stray donkeys terrorise Bulawayo's Lobengula residents

Residents of Bulawayo's Lobengula high density suburb have raised concern over an increase in donkeys reared in the area which have become a menace, destroying gardens and fields.The donkeys are used to transport firewood and pit sand for …

Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 20:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Donkey bites, swallows Bikita woman's finger

In a bizarre incident that has left the community tongue-tied, a Bikita woman recently lost her finger after it was bitten and chewed by a donkey in Munatsi village, ward 31 of Bikita.It is reported that on July 25, Eunica Matambandini wen…

Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mysterious dead donkey found at Mpopoma house

RESIDENTS of Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo are in shock after they woke up to â€˜scenes' of a dead donkey at the gate of a neighbour's house in Block 81 today.Circumstances surrounding how the donkey died are still sketchy but there are many …

Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Donkey cart traders invade Bulawayo with cheap goods

DONKEY cart operators from Bulawayo's nearby peri-urban areas have invaded low-income suburbs in the city selling mostly cheap firewood and vegetables to hard-pressed residents.The cart operators say business has been brisk since the start…

Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

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 targeting newly-resettled villagers in Maraposa, Redwoo…

Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo donkey abattoir saga rages on

When Zimbabwean businessman Gareth Lumsden announced in October 2017 that he had set up a $150,000 donkey abattoir in Bulawayo, local animal welfare organisations protested that his proposed slaughter rate of 70 donkeys a day would drive t…

Published: 26 May 2018 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Oscar Nkala

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.The abattoir, located in Waterford suburb is…

Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

The Boer, donkeys and Zimbabweans

Over the Easter holiday, while most good Christians were looking up in the sky, I went home in Mberengwa.That journey would take me as far as Bulawayo, along the Beitbridge Highway, from the small town of West Nicholson, which used to be t…

Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:59hrs | 4 | by Joram Nyathi

Man tired of being rejected by women has sex with donkey

A man from Inyathi who was caught having s*x with a donkey stunned the gallery when he said it was better than raping a human being. Bhekimpilo Ngwenya, 20, of Sikhuni Village told the court he committed the crime because he had no girlfri…

Published: 24 Dec 2015 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Adelaide Moyo

Donkey Kong world record broken

This is a big deal, folks. The world record high score in Donkey Kong is such a hotly contested title that there's even been a documentary made on it (the excellent The King of Kong, which we recommend you make a plan to watch ASAP if you …

Published: 11 Jan 2011 at 18:00hrs | 5 | by Byo24NEWS

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