Search / Game rangers
Woman fights for life after lion attack
A 55-year-old woman from Khwale village, located under Chief Gambu in Ward 16, Tsholotsho, is fighting for her life at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after being brutally attacked by a stray lion ...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:01hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge man gets six months jail term for poaching
A 23-year-old man from Ndambe Village, Beitbridge has been slapped with a six-month jail term after he was caught hunting in the park.Emmanuel Moyo (23) appeared before Beitbridge Magistrates'...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 09:37hrs | 480 | by Stephen Jakes
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
Botswana chieftainess fires last protest shot as British leaders scrap hunting trophies imports ban
After months of passionate appeals to the British Government to discontinue its plans to introduce the Trophy Hunting Imports Ban Bill, the protest voice of a Botswana Chieftainess who represents a wi...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:27hrs | 51 | by Emmanuel Koro
Donkey transport getting popular in Bulawayo
IN Zimbabwe, and most of Africa, donkey-drawn scotchcarts are extensively used by farmers, particularly in the communal areas as a viable mode of transport to carry goods such as agricultural produce,...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man nabbed for shooting a bushbuck
Police in Mashonaland Central together with Zimparks arrested a 35-year-old Mushumbi man who shot a bushbuck to quench his appetite for meat.Katani Katurika of Monozi village, Mushumbi Pools w...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 12:00hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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
Shooting of a bushbuck lands 4 in prison
Four Bindura men who shot and killed a bushbuck at Tsambe game park in Bindura were arraigned before a Bindura magistrate yesterday.The quartet Lovemore Kandiya (18), Hendrick Chitengu (44), E...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:25hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Human wildlife conflict stops agriculture where hunting brings hope
Co-existing with wildlife can be both a curse and a blessing. The human-wildlife conflict has brought the century-old culture of agricultural production to a sad and difficult end in Bots...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zanu-PF gold wars turn nasty
A NASTY fight for mining rights has erupted over gold mining claims in Umfurudzi Game Park where violence is said to be the order of the day between machetewielding Zanu-PF youths from rival camps....Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Conservancy sued for US$500 000
A Harare man who was shot on suspicion of poaching the endangered rhino at Bubi Valley Conservancy, two years ago, has slapped the wildlife sanctuary with US$550 000 lawsuit for damages. Mr Nhamo Kufa...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:15hrs | | by STaff reporter
Hospitality workers demand salaries in forex
WORKERS in the hospitality industry are demanding that their salaries be paid in foreign currency, saying their employers have the capacity to do so as most of their transactions are in foreign curren...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Game rangers beat poacher to death and dump body in a dam
TWO Gwanda-based game rangers have been arrested while their accomplice is at large after they reportedly beat a poacher to death and dumped his body in a dam in West Nicholson.Matabeleland So...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Elephants wreak havoc
FARMERS in the Chibuwe/Musikavanhu irrigation scheme have appealed to Government for assistance in controlling elephants that are destroying their summer crop. The elephants are straying from ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Two poachers appear in court
Two Centenary men appeared before a Guruve magistrate for reportedly gunning down three duikers at Nyamaneche Game Park.Casper Mbereko (25) and Leon Nyahuma (23) were granted $100 bail each by...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 09:30hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimparks rangers, poachers in fierce shootout
Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (Zimparks) game rangers on Saturday night were engaged in a 30-minute shootout with a band of poachers who had gunned down an elephant bull in Hwange Nat...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
32 murder cases lined up as High Court term opens
THE second term of the High Court commenced yesterday with 32 murder trials on the roll among them the case of alleged serial killer Rodney Tongai Jindu.Jindu's trial, in which the State has l...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trudy Stevenson quits MDC
Lottie Gertrude "Trudy" Stevenson is a remarkable political survivor, appointed as Zimbabwean Ambassador to Senegal in 2009 during the GNU as a deployee of the MDC led by Welshman Ncube.A form...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 15:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
16,000 families invade wildlife conservancies
More than 16 000 families have unilaterally resettled themselves in the Save Conservancy, the capacious wildlife sanctuary which tracks either side of Save River, triggering a potentially deadly human...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
14 elephants found dead
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is investigating a matter of 14 elephants found dead on Friday in Victoria Falls,13 of which were killed 9 months ago.Sources close to investigations allege ...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man jailed for killing an elephant
A 27-year-old man from Bwazi, Monozi village under chief Masunga appeared before Guruve magistrate Artwel Sanyatwe for hunting and killing an elephant without a valid licence.Godsave Machisa (...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Two men in court for hunting without licence
Two Guruve men were arraigned before Guruve magistrate court yesterday after hunting a female Eland and a porcupineBrian Chimbumu (31) and Calvin Muzwati (24) of Zvikumbo village pleaded not g...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
27-yr-old in trouble for killing an elephant
A 27-year-old man from Bwazi, Monozi village under chief Masunga, was convicted of killing an elephant worth $50 000 at Guruve magistrate court today.Godsave Machisa (27) pleaded guilty to hun...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 17:53hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prophet Magaya warm heartfelt on Madoma People
Life is in categories/levels. There are people who are born with silver platter in there mouth, others struggle to get a single meal a day. The Doma or vaDoma (singular muDoma), also known as Dema, ar...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 15:07hrs | 7 | by Enos Denhere
Mohadi's killer game ranger acquitted of murder
A GAME ranger employed at State Security Minister Kembo Mohadi's farm in Beitbridge who fatally shot a suspected poacher, has been acquitted of murder.Onias Mahewu (56) of Tongwe Village i...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Fish poacher' shot dead
A MWENEZI game ranger allegedly shot a poacher dead after he found him catching fish from a dam in a conservancy, police have confirmed.Vulayani Ndlovu (49) of Kanywambi Village under Chie...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boy (8) eaten by crocodile was attacked while bathing
A Minor who was allegedly eaten by a crocodile in Mushumbi Mbire district, Mashonaland Central has been identified as Ackim Musewo (8).Sources close to the investigations claim that Ackim of M...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 10:18hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans risk life and limb to cross into South Africa
Jumping into a swimming pool is an insurmountable task for many - but Sithembile Moyo (34)* dares crocodiles and other dangerous reptiles found in the Limpopo River at least four times a month as she ...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Policeman shot dead in friendly fire while chasing poachers
Four suspected poachers poisoned four elephants to death by spiking a water pan with cyanide in the Sinamatella area of the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe early on Sunday.More than 300 eleph...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 10:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
4 game rangers missing
Search and rescue efforts to account for four suspected game rangers reported missing since Tuesday are underway in the Mana Pools National Park wildlife area amid conflicting reports of what could ha...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
Game warden found dead, undressed at national park
A game warden was found dead and undressed in Gonarezhou National Park last Sunday, a discovery that has rattled both villagers and wildlife conservationists in the area.Wardens are said to ha...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 10:26hrs | | by Langton Nyakwenda
Elephant with snare on tusks kills man
AN elephant with snare on its tusks last week went berserk and killed a villager at Mucheni Village in Binga after escaping from Lasbrom Game Park.The jumbo is believed to have escaped from th...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 10:05hrs | | by Lackson Munkombwe
Massive ranger transfers hit Zimbabwe parks
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is carrying out massive transfers and redeployments of rangers at Hwange National Park to improve general services at the largest wildlife sanctuar...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 11:08hrs | | by Samantha Chigogo
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
Buffalo kills woman
A WOUNDED Buffalo trampled and killed a 68 year-old woman in Tsholotsho district in Matabeleland North province and later injured a four year-old girl in the same district.The buffalo is suspe...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 12:14hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
'Mugabe deserves more,' says jumbo donor
A PROMINENT Zimbabwean farmer who has pledged to donate wild animals towards President Robert Mugabe's birthday bash says the donation is just "a drop in the ocean" compared to what the veteran leader...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 14:22hrs | | by News 24
Deadly black mamba stalls water project
A deadly black mamba is coming between a thirsty Manicaland city and its water by attacking technicians trying to finish work on a new water reservoir, it was reported on Friday.Apparently the...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Lions ALERT - Victoria Fall residents told to stay away from the bush
Game rangers have driven a large herd of buffalo out of Zimbabwe's prime tourist resort of Victoria Falls, locals said on Thursday.The buffalo were chased into the busy town in the west of the...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 16:15hrs | | by Sapa
Lion spotted in Bulawayo suburb
A MOTORIST yesterday told of the moment he drove into the path of a lion - in a plush Bulawayo suburb.Ngqabutho Mpofu and his girlfriend, Pamela, were driving through Fortunes Gate, east of th...Published: 22 May 2014 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Panic as stray lion inches closer to Bulawayo city centre
Panic waves continue to spread through Bulawayo as the elusive stray lion has been sighted at Riverside, inching closer to the city centre.Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistant Inspect...Published: 09 May 2014 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Human skull discovered in game park
POLICE in Nyanga are urging the public with missing relatives or friends to visit their offices to try and identify the clothes they discovered next to a human skull and other remains in the Nyanga na...Published: 14 Nov 2013 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T demands probe into Hwange elephant killings
The Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai demands the immediate step-up of an independent commission that will fully investigate who is behind the massive killing of elephants at the...Published: 25 Oct 2013 at 12:35hrs | 2 | by Thamsanqa Mahlangu
Poachers poison 41 elephants in Hwange
POLICE in Matabeleland North have smashed a six- man poaching syndicate with four of its members based in Bulawayo that allegedly poisoned and killed 41 elephants at Hwange National Park.A total of 1...Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two elephants found dead, dehorned in Hwange National Park
POLICE in Matabeleland North Province are investigating a suspected case of poaching after game rangers at Hwange National Park recently found carcasses of two adult elephants.The elepha...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 21:55hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Kembo Mohadi's employees in court for assault
SIX game rangers, Peter Nyathi, Wiseman Sibanda, Bassamo Sibanda, Jackson Sibanda, Knowledge Nare and Mthombeni Moyo all employed at Co-Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi's Umzingwane Farm in Beitbri...Published: 06 Aug 2012 at 04:21hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Elephant poachers shot dead in Zimbabwe
Parks and Wildlife Management Authority regional manager Mr Tawanda Gotosa confirmed that two poachers were shot dead while another one was injured in a shootout with game rangers in Mkanga Safari A...Published: 04 Mar 2012 at 22:57hrs | | by staff reporter
Load More Stories
