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Experts call for investment in climate-resilient housing
Christopher Mahove
Harare—Climate experts have called for investment in climate-resilient housing, improved settlement planning in flood-prone zones, strengthened early warning systems and anticipatory action, following the Mozambique…
Masvingo City Council Launches Plastic Waste Recycling Project
Godfrey Mtimba
Masvingo—Stakeholders have hailed the Masvingo City Council (MCC) for launching a plastic and can waste recycling programme that will be implemented in partnership with a private recycling company, Marking Torch Zimbabwe.…
Climate Change Dries Up Mwenezi’s Caterpillar Livelihoods
Godfrey Mtimba
Mwenezi --Villagers in Mwenezi who have long relied on harvesting and selling caterpillars (madora) for income are lamenting a sharp decline in production this rainy season, which they attribute largely to the effects of…
Harare’s flash floods horror exposes poor management
By Staff Reporter
HARARE--Recent flash floods have hit Harare hard, paralysing city activities, submerging streets, waterlogging homes and disrupting essential services.
Residents say the disaster has exposed years of poor planning,…
Chinese water grabs squeezing communities dry
Miriam Mangwaya
Bikita/Mvuma—For more than half a century, a deep communal well at the edge of Bikita Minerals quietly sustained life in Murape Village.
From 1972, it quenched thirst, fed gardens and anchored livelihoods in one of…
Africa’s civil society condemns Uganda internet shutdown, election violations
Uganda Internet Shutdown Timeline (2016–2026)
Year | Internet Status Timeline
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2016 |
| Normal Social Media Block (~4 days) Normal Short Block (~1 day)
2021 |…
Villagers Petition EMA over Alleged Violations at Bikita Minerals
Godfrey Mtimba
Bikita—A local human rights organisation, the Bikita Land Institute of Development (BILD), recently the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) on behalf of Murape villagers in Ward 11, Bikita district, demanding the release…
Youth in Mwenezi and Chiredzi Flee Climate Change Effects to South Africa
Godfrey Mtimba
Masvingo—Local human rights organisations have raised alarm over a growing exodus of young people, some of them of school-going age, from Mwenezi and Chiredzi districts to neighbouring South Africa, as climate change–induced…
Flooding drowns Masvingo wetland-built suburb amid heavy rains
Godfrey Mtimba
Masvingo—Some residents in the sprawling, haphazardly developed residential suburbs of Victoria Range are facing a severe crisis after heavy rains triggered flooding in wetland areas where housing stands were sold by alleged…
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…