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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 | 335 | by Staff reporter
4 arrested with 41 elephant tusks in Harare
Detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last Friday arrested four suspects found in illegal possession of 41 elephant tusks weighing a total of 237 ...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:41hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Female cop up for ivory possession
A female police officer stationed at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Chinhoyi Central has appeared in the Harare Magistrates' Court facing charges of illegal possession of ivory. Gilda Chaziva, 38,...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:16hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Four in court for possession of raw unmarked ivory
Four accused Hwange men were dragged to Court on Monday morning for allegedly possessing raw unmarked ivory without a license.The suspects, Wilson Chuma (43), Billiard Nyoni (29), Morris Mumpa...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:22hrs | 12 | by Peter Matuka
Ex-soldiers jailed
TWO former soldiers were last week sentenced to nine years in jail for illegal possession of ivory.Wilfred Minesi (33) and Virimayi Nyandoro (36) were convicted and sentenced by magistrate Ruth ...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:38hrs | 2 | 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
WATCH: Cleopas Chidodo profusely apologises to Grace Mugabe
CIVIL Aviation Authority (CAAZ) Security Manager Cleopas Chidodo has accused Al Jazeera journalists of drugging and coercing him to lie about former First Lady Grace Mugabe's involvement in ivory smug...Published: 04 May 2023 at 20:07hrs | 14 | 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
Police arrest 1 306 over precious minerals
POLICE this year arrested about 1 306 people for illegally dealing in precious minerals and elephant tusks, recovering millions of dollars' worth of contraband, a senior officer said on Saturday....Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ivory lands vet officer in trouble
A veterinary officer from Rushinga in Mashonaland Central province was arrested yesterday after he was found in possession of 10 elephant tusks that...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 18:55hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Trio arrested over ivory
THREE men have been arrested after they were found in possession of five elephant tusks weighing 6,7 kg and valued at US$1143,93.The trio, Godknows Nyoni (32) from Insiza, Admire Gomba (44) an...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe construction: The Tonga joining the fray?
IT seems most local tribes could have contributed towards construction of Dzimbahwe Ruins with the Tonga being the latest clan laying the claim that they also played a leading role as far as thi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:49hrs | 4 | by Burzil Dube
Army officer, 3 accomplices arrested for ivory possession
A SERVING member of the Zimbabwe National Army based at Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks and three accomplices were yesterday remanded in custody by Harare magistrate Barbara Mateko for illegal posses...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
'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
Mnangagwa shows CITES the ‘middle finger’
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) can go to hang af...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 17:48hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
3 poachers shot dead in Bubye Conservancy
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers this week shot dead three suspected poachers and launched a probe into recurring cases of rhino poaching in the Bubye Valley Conserv...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stranded with 29 000 elephants
Zimbabwe is failing to sell about 29 000 elephants and about 15 000 elephant tusks due to the strict control of the trade by the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Sp...Published: 10 May 2019 at 16:09hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsholotsho official on forced leave
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council executive officer-in-charge of Natural Resources, Mr Simelisizwe Sibanda has been sent on forced leave, following his arrest and subsequent appearance in court, where...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Botswana Defence Forces foiled coup attempt against Masisi?
The Commander of Botswana Defence Force Lt. General Placid Segokgo last week deployed military assets including armoured tanks and personnel in key strategic in anticipation of a coup against Presiden...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:51hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Former Victoria Falls mayor freed
FORMER Victoria Falls mayor Sifiso Mpofu who was arrested and found in possession of ivory was awarded temporary freedom after he was released on bail.Mpofu, 42, who was also found in possessi...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's ex-employee freed on $500 bail
FORMER Victoria Falls mayor, Sifiso Mpofu (Zanu-PF) and two of his co-accused were yesterday set free on $500 bail each by the Bulawayo High Court.The trio Mpofu (42) Milton Sibindi (47) and P...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's ex-employee languishes in remand prison
FORMER Zanu-PF Victoria Falls mayor Sifiso Mpofu and two of his alleged accomplices are languishing in remand prison pending a High Court decision on their bail application, which they filed last week...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's ex-employee arrested with 120kg of ivory?
A former mayor of Zimbabwe's tourist hotspot Victoria Falls was caught with nine elephant tusks weighing 120 kilogrammes and arrested with two other suspects, police said on Friday.Sifiso Mpof...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 07:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for possession of ivory
A 37 year old Mushumbi Pools man appeared before Guruve magistrate yesterday over illegal possession of 6kg of ivory worth $1 500.Dzingai Nyamhungu (37), of Ngoroza village under Chief Chisunga, p...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:09hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Fuel tankers used for drugs, ivory, arms smuggling operations across Zimbabwe - South Africa
Modified tanker trucks are at the center of a new wave of drug smuggling into and through South Africa as well as movement of illegal arms and ivory from and out of Zimbabwe, a ...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 08:49hrs | 8 | by Tapiwa Vhurundiya (Khuluma Reporter)
Grace Mugabe implicated in international ivory poaching syndicate
Harare - Investigations into illicit and illegal activities led and directed by the former first lady of the country Grace Mugabe have intensified, amid indications the government will make a huge sta...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 09:33hrs | 71 | by Khuluma Afrika
We are still backward and not well versed with the law, man tells magistrate
A 35-year-old Doma man pulled a shocker after he told Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro that he did not know that possessing an elephant tusk and an unlicensed riffle is a crime.Mapf...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 13:48hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Duo convicted of possessing elephant tusks
Two Beitbridge men were convicted of possessing elephant ivory tusks by Masvingo magistrate Langton Ndoreka. Austine Nyoni and Alvin Matumba pleaded not guilty and were convicted after full tr...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 18:49hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zim Elephant Tusk Smuggler Fined P8,500
A 48-year-old Zimbabwean elephant tusk dealer was last week fined P8,500 for being found in unlawful possession of 19 pieces of elephant tusk and three other offences.Ronald Mujaji was f...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Chigwedere witchcraft case stalls
The non-availability of an interpreter for the witchcraft case pitting former education Minister Aeneas Chigwedere and his son last week forced the outgoing Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku to sw...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two shot dead in Hwange National Park
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers shot and killed two poachers on Tuesday in Hwange National Park after they violently resisted arrest.Zimparks spokesperson Ms Carol...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Headmaster arrested for poaching
Police have arrested two men, one of them a headmaster at a school in Tsholotsho, for illegal possession of elephant tusks weighing about 25kg.Thokozani Mafikela (43), a headmaster at Makh...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Western countries can go to hell - MDC-T
A senior MDC-T member and former Mines deputy minister Gift Chaminikire has broken rank with his party by saying Western countries should stop meddling in Zimbabwe's internal affairs.Chimaniki...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 07:23hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Man blame his ancestors
A TSHOLOTSHO man has been arrested after he was found in possession of four elephant tusks.He claimed he was a traditional healer and his ancestors had led him to the place with dead elephants...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Chinese man nabbed with R3m in elephant tusks!
A Chinese national has been arrested in possession of elephant tusks, abalone, sea cucumber and various items of ivory jewellery in Alberton on Satuday, police said.Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred ...Published: 08 May 2016 at 11:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Poachers nabbed, tonne of cyanide recovered
A joint operation by the police and the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority has busted several poaching syndicates around the country, leading to the arrest of some of the most notorious pe...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police hunt armed, deadly poacher syndicate
POLICE have launched a manhunt for seven suspected poachers from across the country and have described them as armed and dangerous.National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Ch...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Whinsley Masara
Six poachers nabbed
Police have arrested six suspected poachers who were wanted in connection with several cases of poaching countrywide and recovered rifles and two elephant tusks. They also recovered live rounds of amm...Published: 01 Jan 2016 at 00:49hrs | | by Crime Reporter
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
Elephant tusks man gets 20 years behind bars
A 42-year-old Binga has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars after being pleading guilty to illegal possession of ivory worth $3,650. According to Chronicle,...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
Cyanide poisoning - Eight men arrested
Eight men from Hwange and Tsholotsho districts have been arrested on suspicion of being directly linked to the recent incidents of cyanide poisoning which led to the death of scores of elephants betwe...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 00:47hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
2 Zimbabweans arrested in Hong Kong over 36kg ivory
TWO men who were travelling from Zimbabwe to Hong Kong have been detained after 36kgs of suspected ivory products were found in their luggage.Media reports from Hong Kong said the two men aged...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 05:38hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Top Zimbabwe cop fingered in poaching saga
A syndicate comprising police officers, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers and Asians is behind the latest spate of elephant killings in Hwange National Park, it has emerged.One o...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Brian Chitemba and Tinashe Farawo
Mozambique to destroy seized ivory, rhino horn
Mozambique plans to destroy more than one tonne of confiscated ivory as well as 53 rhino horns to show its resolve in the fight against poaching, a New York-based conservation group said on Saturd...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Village head ivory possession case further postponed
A case of Tsholotsho villager head who is charged with illegal possession of ivory has been further postponed for continuation after as his lawyers are preparing his defence after the court dismis...Published: 17 May 2015 at 07:24hrs | | by Stevenson Jackson
Village head further remanded for ivory possession
A Tsholotsho village head who is charged with illegal possession of ivory has been further remanded for continuation after two alleged accomplices were found not guilty recently and discharged....Published: 11 May 2015 at 06:32hrs | | by Stevenson Jackson
Zimbabwe defends sale of elephants
ZIMBABWE has defended the sale of live elephants saying the move was cleared by the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species (CITES), but the United States' opposition to the exports is...Published: 20 Dec 2014 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Top Cop appears in court
THE officer-in-charge of Tsholotsho police Chief Inspector Muyambirwa Muzzah appeared at the Lupane Magistrates' Court on accusations of associating with a convicted illegal elephant tusk dealer who ...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Latest conflict resource: poachers on the prowl for ivory
An average of about 45 elephants per day were illegally killed in 2011 in every two of five protected sites holding elephant populations in Africa, thanks to the growing illegal trade in ivory, ...Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 22:33hrs | 1 | by Pavithra Rao
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