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Fishers want ZimParks to extend fishing depth reprieve
Kapenta fishing operators on Lake Kariba have called on the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) to extend the reprieve allowing them to fish at a reduced minimum depth of 17 me...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 64 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia collaborate to replenish Kapenta stocks
ZIMBABWE and Zambia are working together in a bid to regulate fishing rigs on the largest water body, Lake Kariba, to try and replenish Kapenta stocks.This comes as a measure to reduce over-fi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa denounces high kapenta fishing fees
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa has urged the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) to reduce kapenta fishing fees in Lake Kariba saying they were to...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pampers Binga traditional leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pampered Binga chiefs with over 17 kapenta fishing rigs.Five Zanu-PF youth league members and five women's league groups also received rigs.The g...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hungry lions hoovering around to devour Nyaminyami RDC response
I am Mwiimpu Hanjeleha of Monze, Zambia. I read the above story in your news online. I have been serving in the NGOs sector in that district. The persons being attacked in that piece I know them total...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | 128 | by Mwiimpu Hanjeleha
ZimParks chief brings sanity in the Fishing industry in Lake Kariba
Following decades of several cries by the new fishing generation that had been trying in the fishing business enterprise especially of matemba regards allocation of permits, the current Director Gener...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:24hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
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 | 18 | by Laiton Kandawire, a Patsaka Correspondent
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 | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Kapenta fish war turns ugly
LAKE Kariba is at the centre of an acrimonious fight over fishing rights pitting Zimbabwean fishermen and their Zambian counterparts, with locals accusing the northern neighbours of crossing into thei...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 15:22hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube and Stanford Chiwanga
Zimbabwe, Zambia squabble over fishing rights
While Zimbabwe and Zambia squabble over fishing rights in the world's biggest dam, an invasion of Australian crayfish and Nile tilapia is threatening to wreak havoc with Lake Kariba's indigenous speci...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Godfrey Marawanyika
Kariba boat accident, 12 rescued, 2 missing
Kariba- Two fishermen are missing while 12 were rescued in Lake Kariba early hours of Monday, police have said.National police spokesperson, Chief Superin...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 20:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Predatory fish invade Kariba, kapenta fish going down
Fears abound that fish population in Lake Kariba might have declined significantly following the escape of a predatory fish breed called crayfish from some ponds in Zambia. The Australian red claw cra...Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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