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Conservationists take Monavale wetland war to govt
Staff Reporter
Harare—A decision by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to approve a commercial “eco-tourism” development on the Monavale Wetland in Harare has triggered formal appeals to government, reigniting scrutiny over how…
Tungwarara’s new project and stubborn political patronage
Tawanda Majoni
Quick facts first. The Zimbabwean government has just given exclusive river rehabilitation rights to Prevail Group of Companies. That outfit is owned by Tempter Paul Tungwarara, an investment advisor to President Emmerson…
Zim’s Post-COP30 Symposium to Address Climate Justice and Carbon Market Governance
Staff Reporter
Harare --Climate Action Network Zimbabwe (CAN Zimbabwe), in partnership with the ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife, will host an inaugural human-centred and rights-based post-COP30 symposium on 16 and 17…
Masvingo municipality fails to comply with High Court order
Godfrey Mtimba
Masvingo—Masvingo City Council is running afoul of a High Court ruling that ordered it to stop using a sprawling dumpsite that is posing health and environmental hazards to residents of Runyararo West and Victoria Ranch.…
Persons with Disabilities Bear the Brunt of Climate Change
Godfrey Mtimba
Masvingo–Persons with disabilities (PWDs) in rural Masvingo are worried by the increasing hardships they face due to climate change, including severe food shortages caused by erratic rainfall patterns in recent years.…
Drought has brought trucks of shame to Lupane
Drought has brought trucks of shame to Lupane
Nokuthaba Dlamini
Lupane—In rural Lubimbi and Gwayi, Lupane district, the drought has done more than dry up rivers; it is straining communities.
Year after year, the rains fail, fields…
Underground water contamination threats rise as boreholes mushroom—Experts
Chris Mahove
Harare—Harare’s persistent failure to supply clean and reliable water has forced thousands of residents to depend on boreholes — a survival measure that now threatens the city’s underground water safety.
According to the…
Chinese environmental violation spills into parliament
Brenna Matendere
Harare—Deputy Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, Norbert Mazungunye, has come under pressure in parliament to explain why a Chinese company in Chegutu continues to defy a High Court order halting cement…
Outcry over invasion of prized wetland by land developers
Staff Reporter
HARARE—Harare West residents have come out guns blazing over the illegal clearing of land within the internationally recognised Monavale Wetland, a Ramsar site, by private developers. .
The outcry comes amid reports…