By Matabeleland North Correspondent
Jambezi: Hwange farmer Nambikwa Ncube (46) and wife Irene Zulu (41) of Jambezi say they abandoned cattle rearing after they lost their whole herd to Zambian thieves who drove the domestic animals across the Zambezi.
Over the years, there has been an outcry from communities living along Zambezi river in Hwange district over loss of livestock to thieves suspected to be Zambians.
The cattle rustlers drive the livestock across the mighty Zambezi river where locals cannot follow them.
The thieves would often seize the domestic animals when they are in the care of herd boys who would flee during the incidents.
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Zim Acts On Locust Outbreak
January 25, 2021
Zimbabwe is mobilising resources to take adequate preventive measures following sightings of locusts that swept through parts of Namibia, hitting grasslands, trees and 50 000 hectares of crops recently.
Mr Shingirai Nyamutukwa, head of the Plant Quarantine and Plant Protection Research Services Institute, said recently that his department was mobilising resources to carry out effective locust forecasting and management of locust outbreaks in three provinces: Masvingo, Midlands and Matabeleland North.
Reports from Namibia say the African migratory locusts have damaged at least 50 000 hectares of cropland in that country’s Zambezi region.
The latest wave of locust invasions has hit nine regions and more than 500 square kilometres had been attacked in areas that include Kavango East and Kavango West, an area bordering the north-western tip of Zimbabwe.