{"id":52307,"date":"2026-03-11T00:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52307"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:38:17","slug":"relief-as-residents-capture-notorious-crocodile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/11\/relief-as-residents-capture-notorious-crocodile\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief As Residents Capture Notorious Crocodile \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>Relief As Residents Capture Notorious Crocodile<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By A Correspondent \u2013 Residents of Mabikiri Village in Makhushane, Limpopo Province, South Africa, have captured a crocodile that had been terrorizing the community for months.<\/p>\n<p>The reptile was finally apprehended on Monday morning after causing widespread fear among villagers living along the Selati River.<\/p>\n<p>The same crocodile is believed to have attacked a fisherman during the January floods near Mabikiri Village, leaving him with serious hand injuries.<br \/>Determined to protect their community, residents tracked and hunted the crocodile themselves, eventually capturing it on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Following the capture, villagers are urging officials from the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism to remove the crocodile from the area.<br \/>One resident said, \u201cThe capture of the crocodile has brought immense relief to our village. People can now use the river without fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The community\u2019s successful efforts have been praised for taking proactive action to safeguard residents from further attacks by the dangerous predator.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Relief #Residents #Capture #Notorious #Crocodile #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relief As Residents Capture Notorious Crocodile By A Correspondent \u2013 Residents of Mabikiri Village in Makhushane, Limpopo Province, South Africa,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[3445,6152,6694,202,457,6662,6852],"class_list":["post-52307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-capture","tag-crocodile","tag-eduzim","tag-news","tag-notorious","tag-relief","tag-residents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52309,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52307\/revisions\/52309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}