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Inhlelo zeNkosi conduct poultry training for Mvuthu women

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BY BHEKIMPILO WEZA

Ihlelo Zenkosi has conducted a poultry training workshop at Kachecheti village under Chief Mvuthu which seeks to empower women in rural communities in Hwange district. 

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A group of women from Chidobe and Kachecheti Wards were trained last week on how they can keep Sussex Chickens, feed them and make a living out of that. 

Speaking before the training, program director Charles Weza said there was a need for women to be empowered so that they may be self dependent while also assisting their families. 

“This is a great opportunity for all you women,” Weza said at the launch.

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“It is time to rise up and shine. I had a vision of this saw this and God has helped me and this is why we have come up to here and our hope is to see it transform other generations after us so that our families can be transformed.” 

Calaab Ndazi Ncube from Turning Matabeleland Green, an organisation seeks to help communities to be self sufficient urged women to take up the opportunity. 

The two organisations partnered in the project. 

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” Lets leave Weza aside and see this vision alone,”

“We need to take this opportunity once and for all and mine is to give you hope, belief and skills.”

He further went on and quoted a bible verse when Apostle Paul saw a lightning strike on his way to kill Christians in Damascus. 

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“Don’t think that your presence here is a mistake, but God can do what he did with Apostle Paul,and his life was never the same after that encounter.” 

After the training, women were awarded with certificates for completing the one day training course and will each receive one hundred live Sussex chicks to start the project.

Village head  Joshua Ncube urged the community to lead by example as this was a project that could transform the Mvuthu’s jurisdiction. 

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Hwange duo sentenced to 26 months for wildlife crimes

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BY WANDILE TSHUMA

Two Hwange men have been sentenced to 26 months imprisonment for setting 49 wire snares, including 48 class one snares, in Sinamatela Game Park, resulting in the killing of one impala and two female kudus, with a total value of US$6 000 worth of dried game meat.

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Lungisani Moyo (38) and Joel Nyathi (27), both from Madumabisa Village, were convicted of contravening the Trapping of Animal Control Act.

According to the National Prosecuting Authority, the state presented a case that the two unlawfully set the snares this month, resulting in the illegal killing of one impala and two female kudus.

The matter came to light after a joint patrol by police and Zim-Parks officers intercepted a man in the Lwendulu area carrying a suspicious black bag. Upon searching him, authorities recovered 12 bundles of dried game meat.

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Upon probe, the man led officers to Moyo’s residence, where further illegal game products were discovered.

Subsequent searches at both Moyo and Nyathi’s homes yielded a total of 22 bundles of dried game meat, kudu hooves, intestines, and other animal parts.

Police investigations confirmed the use of wire snares to hunt the animals within protected parkland.

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The total value of the poached wildlife is US$6 000.

Of the 26-month sentence, 10 months were suspended for five years, leaving the two to serve an effective 16 months imprisonment.

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Hwange man fined US$1 100 for illegal kudu meat sales

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A 62-year-old man from Hwange has been fined to pay US$1 100 for selling dried kudu meat without a permit.

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This was heard at the Hwange Regional Court when Samson Ncube appeared before a magistrate for selling meat without a license.

The state alleges that Ncube was found with 12kg of dried kudu meat valued at US$480, which he was selling without a permit.

He was arrested by CID Minerals Flora and Fauna and ZimParks during patrols in Lwendulu Village.

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The magistrate sentenced Ncube to pay a fine of US$1 100 by September 19, next month, or face 3 months in jail.

The recovered meat was forfeited.

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Goat thief caught red-handed in Tsholotsho

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A 30-year-old man from Tsholotsho, has been convicted of stock theft after killing a goat he stole at a farm.

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Praymore Sibanda was busted after police recovered the stolen goats carcass at his residence.

Sibanda’s downfall came when he appeared last week before the Tsholotsho Magistrates’ Court facing stock theft charges.

According to the State, on 11 August, Sibanda stole a male goat valued at ZAR 900 from Moses Ncube’s farm.

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The court heard that Sibanda’s reign of theft ended when Ncube discovered the theft and reported it to the police, leading to Sibanda’s arrest after police found the goat meat and the skin at his homestead.

In a bid to teach him a lesson, the magistrate sentenced Sibanda to four months imprisonment, wholly suspended on condition that he restitutes ZAR 900 to the victim.

 

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