Tag: Vumba
The Unmanaged Predator: Feral Cats Pose a Quiet Threat to Zimbabwe’s Ecological Treasures
by BERNARD CHIKETO A SILENT ecological pressure is building in one of Zimbabwe’s major biodiversity hotspots. In tourist-favoured retreats of the Vumba and Chimanimani mountains, usually admired for their unique birds and rare wildlife, an unassuming domestic animal has become a significant conservation concern.
Time Stands Still at Zimbabwe’s White Horse Inn
by Bernard CHIKETO THE first thing you notice is the silence. It’s not an absence of sound, but a profound stillness woven from the drip of moisture on ancient fern leaves, the distant call of a Livingstone’s Turaco, and the soft, persistent embrace of the mist.
