‘66% of households in Zim do not own cattle’

A MAJORITY of people in Zimbabwe do not own cattle, which is a symbol of African wealth, a development that exposes the level of poverty that the country is grappling
with.

A latest Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment Committee (ZimLAC) 2025 Rural Livelihoods Assessment report on cattle ownership reveals that far less than 50% of households in the country own cattle.

“About 66% of the households did not own any cattle,” the report read.

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