100s Of Zimbabweans illegally enter SA daily
About 100 Zimbabweans are illegally crossing into South Africa daily in search of jobs despite intensified police patrols along the Limpopo River and the dangers of drowning, possible arrests and deportations. A visa to South Africa is free but prospective visitors to that country are supposed to produce 1 000 rand which is equivalent to about $16 million and that money is converted to traveller’s cheques to ensure they do not get stranded there.
Gregory Rasmussen, A Conservationist At Heart
ZOOLOGIST pilot Greggory Rasmussen is the proverbial cat with nine lives. He has seen the face of death in the air, at sea, and on land, and he is still soldiering on, just a year after surviving a plane crash in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park.
DDT reintroduced for malaria control
DDT: Weapon of mass survival? By Tawanda Kanhema in Harare News of the United Nations World Health Oganisation’s endorsement of DDT as a relatively safe and reliable weapon against the global malaria epidemic, which kills three million children under the age of five annually, has met with mixed reactions in Africa, where extensive use [...]
Anti-Poaching Wars Rage On
ANTI-POACHING wars between Zimbabwe National Parks rangers and Zambian poachers, who are making incursions into the country’s northern parks and killing elephants en-masse, have escalated, leading to the establishment of special call-up teams comprising National Parks rangers and police to crack down on the growing menace.
DDT reintroduced for malaria control
DDT: Weapon of mass survival? By Tawanda Kanhema in Harare News of the United Nations World Health Oganisation’s endorsement of DDT as a relatively safe and reliable weapon against the global malaria epidemic, which kills three million children under the age of five annually, has met with mixed reactions in Africa, where extensive use [...]
Tourism
Zimbabwe’s tourism industry is bracing itself for anticipated growth in business, though it continues to face many challenges, especially in the areas of regulation, access to foreign currency and low turnout of high-spending travellers from traditional tourism markets like Europe, North America and the Middle East.
Zimbabwe’s tourism industry is bracing itself for anticipated growth in business, though it continues to face many challenges, especially in the areas of regulation, access to foreign currency and low turnout of high-spending travellers from traditional tourism markets like Europe, North America and the Middle East. The industry has been in steady decline in the [...]