Teeing up to conserve wildlife, environment
The Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching (VFAPU) Golf Day fundraiser will be held at Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club in Harare on Friday September 15.
By Style Reporter
Sep. 3, 2023
African Sun sponsors Vic Falls Anti-Poaching Unit
According to Afsun’s Head of Marketing PR and Innovation Charleen Mtezo, the US$21 000 sponsorship caters for the Unit’s 16-member scouts’ full-year salaries and medical aid.
By Staff Reporter
Jul. 4, 2023
Shot in the arm for Akashinga rangers
Akashinga is Africa’s first armed, all-female anti-poaching unit currently protecting eight nature reserves in across Zimbabwe — or 1,3 million acres of wilderness — in Zimbabwe.
By Staff Reporter
Feb. 17, 2023
Feature: Zim's women-only rangers fight poachers, poverty
The Akashinga unit — aka The Brave Ones in the Shona language — says it aims to change the face of conservation as the country's first armed, all-women anti-poaching unit.
By Thomson Reuters Foundation
Nov. 23, 2022
Bush meat poachers target Vic Falls wildlife
“Due to Covid-19 mainly, many of the resident warthogs within the town of Victoria Falls have been poached,” VFAPU said.
By Nokuthaba Dlamini
Sep. 11, 2022
Bundu series captures poaching issue
Poaching has morphed into a serious crisis as it is now being enabled by extensive and increasing corruption among park rangers and customs officials.
By Agatha Chuma
Aug. 31, 2022
