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Cholera outbreak in Kariba: A wake-up call for vigilance and prevention
The recent cholera outbreak in Gache Gache Fishing Camp, located in Kariba District, has thrust the community into a state of crisis, claiming one life and leaving five others battling the disease. Th...Published: 5 hrs ago | 74 | by Anashe Mupamombe
Zimbabwean pilot dies in horror crash
Captain Fungai Majakwara, a Zimbabwean pilot and managing director of Nyasa Express, tragically died in a plane crash in Malawi. The Cessna C210 aircraft he was piloting crashed into Lake Mala...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:06hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
4 feared dead in Kariba boat accident
FOUR people are feared dead after the boat they were travelling in capsized between Nyaodza and Wafawafa camp in Lake Kariba on Saturday afternoon.A Nyaodza fishing camp resident Memory Sambur...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Overfishing depletes the Zambezi
Since quitting her post as a teacher about six years ago, 33-year-old Hazel Svinurai has made numerous break-of-dawn trips to the edges of the Zambezi River, about 500km from her home in Zimbabwe's se...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia in border impasse
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have directed the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) to mediate in negotiations which would lead to a clear demarcation of the two countries' border line on Lake Kariba's waters, the Zi...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF MP steals the limelight
Zanu PF aspiring candidate for Zvimba East in the primary elections; Francis Garikai Mukwangwariwa has become the talk of town for spending huge in his campaign for the party internal process as if al...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:49hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe crying out for political remaking
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, the refrain of the song Remake the World by Jimmy Cliff aptly portrays the magnitude of destitution that is prevalent among citizenry....Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Botswana jails Zimbabwe pensioner for shooting fisherman
A 72-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean pensioner, Ian Douglas Carlisle, has been jailed one year in Botswana for shooting a fisherman whom he found fishing in a river at his farm.The shooting incident occur...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aspiring MP arrested
POLICE have arrested Zanu-PF aspiring candidate for Binga North National Assembly constituency, Kuda Mavula Munsaka after he led a 25-man gang which stormed a fishing camp in Binga demanding release o...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans risk police, crocodiles in desperate bid to reach SA
A BUSHY pathway leads to the crossing points along the Limpopo River that are the most treacherous part of the journey for Zimbabweans seeking a better life in neighbouring South Africa.The ri...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 18:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Zambia kapenta rivalries escalate
GOVERNMENT is working towards resolving the boundary dispute between Zimbabwe and Zambia along Lake Kariba, which is threatening the fisheries industries as fishermen from both countries invade breedi...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Poachers threaten Kariba fisheries
KAPENTA fish producers have raised concern over illegal fish trade at Lake Kariba saying this is threatening the viability of the industry.According to section 7 of the Commercial Kapenta Prod...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
You can't pull in croc with fish hook
IN the village, the outcome of a fishing trip to the river often meant the difference between a sumptuous meal and another dish to be tolerated just to keep the body and soul together.As pleas...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 9 | by Bishop Lazarus
Man feared dead after croc attack
A 33-YEAR-OLD man is feared dead after he was attacked by a crocodile at the Lake Harvest harbour in the resort town of Kariba.Witnesses yesterday said the victim, Bernard Nyabadza, was fishin...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba eyes bumper kapenta harvest
KAPENTA producers are expecting bumper harvest in the second half of the year as production is showing signs of recovery after a hiatius caused by the rains and relatively low temperatures. Lo...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Border jumper drowns in Limpopo River
Police here have recovered the body of a suspected border jumper who drowned in the Limpopo River while illegally crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The body was found in an advanced ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Managing fisheries sustainably at Lake Kariba
ACCORDING to the Commercial Fishing Industry - Global Market Outlook, the global commercial fishing industry market accounted for US$240,99 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $438,59 billion by ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:48hrs | | by Tinashe Farawo
Beitbridge records 4 sudden deaths
BEITBRIDGE has in the last seven days recorded four sudden deaths, with two-suspected suicides.An 84-year-old man from Nuli, who cannot be named, allegedly took his life in an apparent case of...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fisherman drowns in Chiweshe
A 22-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe fisherman drowned at Negomo dam in Chiweshe on Tuesday after an inflated tractor tube he was using capsized due to excessive wind that blew it away.Mashonaland Central d...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 16:26hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Armed robber disarmed, killed
A 24-YEAR-OLD man was on Friday morning fatally assaulted by a group of illegal immigrants he attempted to rob at gun point at the confluence of Umzingwane and Limpopo rivers. It is reported t...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba MP opens up to social media
The House of Assembly member for Kariba constituency, Honourable John Houghton, has joined the social media with a formation of WhatsApp group which is open to all citizens within the Kariba constitue...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye
How a mission to kill Mugabe was thwarted
A mission to kill Robert Mugabe before he seized power was thwarted - when the British tipped him off that assassins were closing in.Mugabe was leading the fight for majority black rule agains...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by dailymail
A level Family & Religious Studies Question and Answer with Witness Dingani
QUESTION"Examine how gospels portray prominent activities in Palestine" How do people in your society make a living ? (25)...Published: 10 May 2018 at 07:44hrs | 48 | by Witness Dingani
Man's remains pulled out of croc's belly
A fisherman's remains were recovered from a crocodile's belly following an attack in Binga on Monday.His upper body was retrieved from the river and the lower part was found inside the reptile...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunk man survives swimming with crocs
A 21-YEAR-OLD Zambian lost an arm and sustained multiple fractures after he was allegedly attacked by three domesticated crocodiles when he jumped into their pool in Victoria Falls.Mr Collin P...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunk man survives swimming with crocodiles
A 21-YEAR-OLD Zambian lost an arm and sustained multiple fractures after he was allegedly attacked by three domesticated crocodiles when he jumped into their pool in Victoria Falls.Mr Collin P...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man fights crocodile with bare hands
February 2, 2018, will forever be ingrained in the mind of Takawira Marume (55) from Mudetsa Village under headman Murwira in Buhera.It's a day that he will never forget.The day starte...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
What's choking Kariba?
In the previous instalment Laiton Kandawire looked at overfishing and how fisheries authorities in both Zimbabwe and Zambia agreed to impose a Full Moon non-fishing ban of at least seven days to comba...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 17:09hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire and Oliver Samboko
Full moon – the Lake Kariba scenario
We are going to have a full moon on Thursday, 6th July 2017. Our hardworking fishermen are going to take a deserved 7-day break from their daily routine. The fish get a reprieve and hopefully they rep...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 10:40hrs | 5 | by Laiton Kandawire, a Patsaka Correspondent
No weather for old men, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am unable to address you this week because of the inclement weather. I have no doubt that the British and their evil American cousins are playing ...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 17:51hrs | | by CZ
Hwange lion killings undermine conservation efforts
Two endangered lionesses were killed after being lured out of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe to a hunting trap set up using meat from a cow they allegedly killed the previous...Published: 12 May 2017 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Oscar Nkala
Safari Fraternity Mourns Loss of Scott Van Zyl
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE & JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - The safari fraternity is mourning the loss of Scott van Zyl (44) after the Heritage Protection Group (HPG)...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 17:21hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe celebrates flag and Anthem independence with nothing to show out of it
18 April we celebrate"independence". One which was hard fought by the unsung Matabele heroes and heroins of 1893 wars through the much heralded and documented Kaguvi and Nehanda of 1897 up to the last...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 08:30hrs | | by Howard Phangwana
Man loses privates in crocodile attack
A fishing expedition ended tragically for a Binga man when he died in a blood-soaked battle with a crocodile after it mercilessly attacked him on his privates, hand and leg.Jack Mutale...Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 13:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 people swept away by floods
FIVE people are missing after they were swept away by floods in two separate incidents in Matabeleland South province last week.The Civil Protection Unit said it was worrying that people seem ...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 05:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Marine experts say decision could wipe out SA's fish stocks
SA's top marine scientists are shocked by the Environmental Department's (DEA) recent decision to allow fishing in the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area (MPA) and have announced that they will be usin...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 10:30hrs | | by Melissa Reitz
Floods claim 132 lives
More than 100 people have drowned since December countrywide as the country continues to receive excessive rains.According to Police spokesperson, Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity C...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 03:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tongas appeal to Tsvangirai
The marginalised Tonga people in Binga have complained bitterly to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai about the stringent fishery regulations imposed by authorities, arguing that they overlooked the fac...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gains made in fight against malaria
Africa is finally making headway in its decades-long fight against malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) announced in December 2015 that the glob...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 22:12hrs | | by Amelia Tan
Missing man's body found floating in pool of death
THE body of a man who has been missing since Saturday was found in Entumbane suburb's Enkwalini "pool of death" yesterday morning.Dozens of people have drowned in the pool over the years....Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
A letter from Robert Mugabe
Then on 8 February a major fight erupted at Connemara barracks between Kwekwe and Gweru in the Midlands province between ex-Zanla and Zipra guerrillas. Although that fighting at Connemara was quas...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:32hrs | | by David Coltart
21 Zimbabwean fishermen jailed for straying into Zambian waters
THE Siavonga Magistrates Court has passed two controversial judgements in a case involving 21 Zimbabwean fishermen who were arrested for straying into Zambian waters on Lake Kariba.Daily Natio...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's full address on Bond Note
We reproduce here the full text of President Mugabe's address to the Zanu-PF Central Committee in Harare yesterday.Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Phelekezela Mphoko, secretary for Administration I...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fishermen celebrate after catching 'drunk monster' eel
Two fishermen, frustrated after spending days at the river and never catching enough fish decided to try something new.Adolph Nwarhombi (32) and Go-Back Makhuvele (26) from Makuleke near Malam...Published: 20 May 2016 at 08:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fierce contact with the Rhodesian forces
IN our last week's Lest We Forget Column we were talking to former Zipra Deputy Commander of the Northern Front which stretched from Bulilima up to Nyamapanda Border Post Nicholas Gibson Nkomo whose p...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:54hrs | 6 | by Staff write
'Pool of death' claims another victim
THE Enkwalini "pool of death" in Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb has claimed another victim after the body of a man was found floating in the pool in a suspected case of suicide. Victor Sibanda, 1...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Zambia police arrest and detain 21 Zimbabweans
Zambian police on the northern shores of Lake Kariba have arrested and detained 21 Zimbabwean fishermen for trespassing onto the Zambian side of the lake.Financial Gazette reported that ...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 12:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Enkwalini 'death pool' to be fenced
THE Bulawayo City Council is considering putting a perimeter fence around Enkwalini "pool of death" in Entumbane suburb to prevent residents from accessing the area.Dozens of residents have dr...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
Man dies in crocodile attack
A MAN from Masvingo was attacked and killed by a crocodile while fishing aboard a home-made canoe in Lake Kyle, police confirmed yesterday.Langton Chikwaya, 53, of Rukovo Village under Chief C...Published: 29 Mar 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Man throws self into 'pool of death'
A MAN from Bulawayo's Njube suburb died after he allegedly threw himself into Enkwalini "pool of death" in Entumbane on Sunday evening.Dozens of people have drowned in the pool over the years....Published: 22 Mar 2016 at 08:14hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
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