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Zimbabwean elephants trample SA soldier to death near border?
A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier deployed on border patrol duty was killed after being trampled by a herd of elephants near the Limpopo River on Sunday night.The tragic i...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:33hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Hwange faces ecological crisis
Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe's largest wildlife sanctuary, is facing a looming ecological disaster as its overpopulation of elephants threatens to wipe out one of the park's most vital tree species ...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:53hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Poaching fears resurface in Hwange National Park
Wildlife authorities have launched a probe following the discovery of a male elephant carcass with a missing tusk in Hwange National Park. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimPark...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:13hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks reviews elephant plan
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has commenced a comprehensive review of its Elephant Management Plan (2021–2025), prompted by growing frustration among local communit...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:05hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks culls 5 problematic elephants
In a relief to communities living under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge District, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) recently culled five elephants that had been causing exten...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Pumula man arrested with 6kg Ivory in broad daylight bust
A 30-year-old man from Pumula South, Blessed Matibenga, is facing serious charges after he was allegedly caught red-handed attempting to peddle a 6kg chunk of elephant ivory in broad daylight -&...Published: 26 May 2025 at 07:57hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pushes for lifting of ivory trade ban
Zimbabwe has renewed its call for the lifting of the international ivory trade ban, insisting that selling its stockpiles could generate critical funding for wildlife conservation and help combat ille...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:26hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks urges cancellation of mining application in Hwange National Park
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has called on the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development to cancel the application for exclusive prospecting rights for mining activit...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 15:21hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
US Leaders Overseeing Cites: Do your jobs - an Open Letter to President Donald Trump
Dear Mr President, The international agency charged with protecting wildlife on the brink of extinction is known as CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 22:45hrs | 299 | by Emmanuel Koro
123 elephants die in Hwange since August
At least 123 elephants have died from starvation in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park due to a severe drought that has gripped the region since August, with the highest number of fatalities recorded in ...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:16hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Elephants terrorise Tsholotsho communities
Villagers in Tsholotsho North are living in fear as elephants in search of food and water invade their communities, destroying property and disrupting daily life.Tsholotsho North legislator Li...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in Mnangagwa bootlicking frenzy
The ruling Zanu-PF party staged a grand celebration yesterday to mark President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 82nd birthday, an event dubbed "The Munhumutapa Day," drawing comparisons between his leadership an...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:18hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Bulilima villagers flee homes in fear of elephant attacks
In Bulilima, Matabeleland South, villagers are fleeing their homes due to a surge of elephant invasions driven by drought conditions. The elephants, migrating from Botswana, have been seeking food and...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:53hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Two American Tourists trampled by Elephants on Zambian soil in 2024
A US tourist from New Mexico was killed by an elephant, after it attacked her vehicle while parked during a safari drive in Zambia on Wednesday.The animal pulled Juliana Gle Tourneau, 64, out ...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 20:52hrs | 52 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe elephants fitted with GPS collars
ELEPHANTS in Hwange National Park are being fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking collars by ZimParks through its strategic partner, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), so tha...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:48hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Diplomatic tiff between Botswana and Germany: the magnificent ELEPHANT
The president of Botswana was not angry per se. He should never be angry if he is aware of the global positioning of states: which country is at the top of the other: who is the big brother and what a...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 18:10hrs | 28 | by Nomazulu Thata
Botswana to 'send' 20,000 elephants to Germany
Botswana's president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation.Angered by proposals in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, President Mokg...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 10:16hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elephants die as water sources dry up
THE ongoing dry spell has taken a heavy toll on wildlife with reports that several animals have succumbed to dehydration as water holes have dried up.Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Aut...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:08hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Wildlife cave paintings - Namibia's strongest argument for International Hunting
In Namibia's centuries-old wildlife cave paintings messages lies the Southern African country's strongest argument for international hunting."We co-existed with wildlife and hunted it for meat...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:29hrs | 43 | by Emmanuel Koro
Rare bacterium behind elephant deaths in Botswana and Zimbabwe
The deaths of 350 elephants in Botswana's Okavango Delta and 35 at the bordering Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe in 2020 were due to a rare form of bacteria, scientists have finall...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 12:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Artificial ivory opens another way to end ban on natural ivory trade' says U.S. NGO
A United States-based NGO welcomed a BBC report this month that Austrian scientists have developed a new artificial ivory product, called Digory, that looks and feels like the real thing. The ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:41hrs | 3 | by Emmanuel Koro
Even elephants are running away from Zimbabwe
Large numbers of elephants from Zimbabwe's biggest national park are moving to neighbouring Botswana in a search for water, a spokesman said Monday."Many animals have and are moving from Hwang...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 20:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hunting benefits truths can collapse Anti-hunting Animal Rights Groups
The recent 'flooding' of the media and British House Lords with the truths about international hunting benefits not only caused a rethink on the UK trophy hunting imports ban Bill but can also eventua...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Koro
Richard Branson in Zambezi conservation walk
One of the world's richest men and owner of the Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, is in Zimbabwe taking part in the Zambezi Valley Walk for Wild Expedition covering Mana Pools and Matusadona national ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 13:48hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Animal rights group-funded report denounced for lying that international hunting threatens Botswana elephants
Botswana, was recently targeted by an animal rights group-funded report, saying that international hunting is threatening the SADC country's wildlife, including its elephant population and impoverishi...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:09hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe's Fastjet launches new domestic routes
ZIMBABWE'S fastjet has expanded its domestic route network by launching additional flights to Kariba and Hwange National Park.With the addition of these routes, the airline will now be flying ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'poised' for Commonwealth return?
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced that the Commonwealth mission that visited the country last month is expected to circulate its assessment report on Zimbabwe's readiness for readmission to the bloc next...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs want Zimbabwe to quit Cites
LEGISLATORS are calling on the government to quit Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in order for the trading and eating of wildlife animals to go ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to securitise its ivory stockpile
THE Zimbabwe government is currently engaged in discussions on how the country can use its 130-tonne ivory stockpile as a tradable commodity or security asset, the Zimbabwe Independent reported....Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Concern over Zimbabwe elephant population growth
THE continued growth of elephant populations in Zimbabwe is causing severe ecological problems and serious conflict in communities adjacent to national parks, a Cabinet Minister has said.The M...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's once-off sale of ivory stockpiles acceptable
ZIMBABWE is desperately seeking international support to be allowed to sell its stockpile of ivory to raise funds for its conservation efforts.It is an age-old problem for the southern African...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pull out of CITES?
Zimbabwe, which is sitting on more than 136 tonnes of ivory and rhino horns worth about US$600 million, is prepared to operate outside the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
So tragic that Zimbabwe regime respects animals more than its own citizens!
This morning I watched, in profound amazement, a news report on the Zimbabwe government's impassioned pleading with the EU (European Union) to support the country's cause at this year's CITES Conferen...Published: 17 May 2022 at 11:01hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe begs EU over it's ivory
ZIMBABWE yesterday begged the European Union (EU) to support its plea for a once-off sale of its ivory stockpile at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) meeting schedule...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How NGOs scandalously manage to assume power in UN agency Cites
THE managing director of the USA-based Ivory Education Institute Godfrey Harris, revealed his analysis of how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) achieved overwhelming influence within the UN intern...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 11 | by Emmanuel Koro
Population growth in Africa a concern to Europe?
EXACTLY 150 years ago, Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck became the Chancellor of the Germany Empire. He masterminded the unification of Germany in 1871 and served as its first Chancellor until 1890, i...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 11 | by Tapiwa Gomo
So Zimbabwe wants to feed its starving people with elephant meat! Heil Zimbabwe. This is long overdue
Did you know that the sustainable elephant carrying capacity for Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park and Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park is, in both cases, no more than ABOUT one elephant per two squa...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 16:10hrs | 10 | by Ron Thomson
Zimbabwe's growing elephant problem
ONE late April evening, Christina Mudzongachiso and her husband were about to head home after a day in their cotton fields in Mbire, a rural community in northern Zimbabwe.That's when a lone e...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
International hunting makes Botswana communities improve wildlife conservation
Botswana hunting communities in the wildlife-rich Chobe District have decided to further improve wildlife and habitat conservation as well as community development, using the millions that they earned...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 13:43hrs | 18 | by Emmanuel Koro
Lions kill 3 children triggering revenge lion-killing feelings from bereaved community
The lions of Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area horrifically killed three school children this month, drawing sympathy worldwide. This put a spotlight on the human-wildlife conflict in Tanzania a...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:12hrs | 39 | by Emmanuel Koro
Botswana bounces back on international hunting map after long absence
Africa's hunting culture, including that of Botswana, will never die, no matter how much Western animal rights groups try to influence African leaders to ban it. For a country that missed...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 16:53hrs | 12 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mozambican community's promising hunting revenue powered development
Wildlife hunting is increasingly becoming the main 'driver' for not only socio-economic development but also for wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation, in southern African communities that co...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 17:03hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro
'Demand Arrest Of Chicken Thieves Not Wildlife Poachers' - Animal Rights Tell Africans
One of the most curious and harmful lessons that Western animal rights groups continue to teach African rural communities co-existing with wildlife and the African public, in general, is 'demand the a...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 12:54hrs | 9 | by Emmanuel Koro
Clearing landmines from a crucial African wildlife corridor
In Zimbabwe, landmines affect not only local populations but also their precious livestock and wildlife. Thanks to an initial start-up grant from the US government, followed by another grant and stron...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 12:46hrs | 7 | by Agencies
Why SADC countries still 'oppose' rhino horn trade
SADC countries have individually decided not to get involved in the non-commercial international trade in rhino horn. This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by Emmanuel Koro
Charamba spits venom over ban on China game park mining
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing against lawyers and environmentalists who forced government to abruptly withdraw two Chinese companies' licences p...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 elephants found dead in Hwange
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is conducting investigations to establish the cause of death of eleven elephants in Pandamasue Forest located between Hwange and Victori...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Europe ate all its animals,' says Mnangagwa
BARELY a week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and European Union Ambassador Timo Alkonnen had a near nasty public spat over Zimbabwe's worsening human rights record, Mnangagwa has set himself on an...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by newzimbabwe
US to support Zimbabwe's trade in baby elephants
US zoos now plan to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe, undeterred by the international furore over their 2016 import of 18 wild elephants from Swaziland.The US Association of Zoos and Aquari...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 15:43hrs | 17 | by Melissa Reitz
Mnangagwa to open EU-UN Wildlife Economy Summit
President Mnangagwa will today officially open the inaugural African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) Wildlife Economy Summit which presents a platform to strategise on unlocking value from wildlife...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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