ZAKA — Residents in Ward 24 under Chief Bota have been urged to exercise extreme caution following the sighting of at least two elephants roaming the Charuka and Chipfuti areas early Tuesday morning, in a development that has heightened fears over rising human-wildlife conflict in rural Zimbabwe. The sightings, confirmed by local authorities, prompted an urgent response from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks), with rangers deployed to monitor the

EPPING FOREST — Scores of villagers descended on a pond outside ZANU‑PF Politburo member Obert Mpofu’s rural homestead on Tuesday after two hippos were shot dead and hauled from the water, local officials said.