With the recent death at San Diego Zoo Safari Park of a 44 year old male northern white rhino, the species is five rhinos away from extinction. Angalifu, a male northern white rhino, died on Sunday and leaves an elderly female at the park, three in a Kenyan preserve and one at a Czech Republic […]
Zimbabwe Dollar gets re-introduced The bankrupt Zimbabwean government of President Robert Mugabe has hatched a secret plan to raid the U.S. dollar accounts of citizens and give the owners worthless coins. Central bank governor John Mangudya announced Friday that the ‘special bond coins’ would go into circulation on December 18th 2014. However, what the governor […]
Lion mauls Neo Nazi demonstrator A male, neo-Nazi demonstrator has been seriously injured after climbing into lion enclosure at the Barcelona Zoo. Dressed in an army uniform, he scaled a security fence and stood in front of a lioness who in typical lion fashion promptly dragged him into a tunnel and mauled him. Police and […]
Robert Mugabe 1976 Interview Interesting interview with Robert Mugabe back in 1976, 4 years before Rhodesia became Zimbabwe during independence.
Fish farm could make triathletes shark bait Port Elizabeth – Plans to build a large fish farm along a popular coast stretch prompted concerns it could entice sharks, endangering tourists and Ironman triathletes. Authorities in Port Elizabeth say the vast fishery, 2.5km off Hobie Beach, will create much needed jobs in the area. However, having […]
South Africa’s Football Captain Shot Dead Senzo Meyiwa, The South African football captain and goalkeeper has died after being shot.. The incident reportedly happened at Meyiwa’s girlfriend’s (Kelly Khumalo) house in Vosloorus, south of Johannesburg. The 27-year-old played for Orlando Pirates and had played in South Africa’s last four Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. On […]
St Georges College, Zimbabwe – Sherlock Holmes film The incident at Victoria Falls Just watched an old Sherlock Holmes movie called The incident at Victoria Falls. I remembered that while i was at school, they had filmed a Sherlock Holmes movie. I was wondering if this was indeed the episode and thought i recognised a […]
Zimbabwe – Observations on the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy review The Minister of Finance and Economic Development presented the 2014 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review Statement in Parliament on Thursday, September 11. The Review considers the performance of the economy during the six months to June as well as the outlook to year-end. For a copy of the full statement, please call […]
Houseboat incident involving lions Rae Kokes, the principal researcher for LionAlert who was on the scene during the recent incident involving lions attacking a houseboat deckhand after he disembarked to secure the mooring lines on a houseboat. As usual, rumours tend to get out of hand so below is the official story from Rae. September […]