2022

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Business NEWS

Value-adding small grains would improve livelihoods

October 21, 2022 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter Mwenezi West Member of Parliament (MP) Priscilla Zindari-Moyo has urged government to help communities extract better value from their traditional grains by giving them access to relevant technology. More commonly referred to...

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Politics Top Story

Mwenezana sugarcane plots: it’s Chokuda who decides beneficiaries

October 19, 2022 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter Some villagers in Mwenezi have complained the involvement of Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda in the distribution of new sugarcane plots in the Mwenezana sugar estates, saying such powers should be wielded...

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Business Politics Top Story

Steel company which got land for free pays ‘slave’ wages

October 18, 2022 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter A new iron and steel company being built in the Manhize area between Chirumhanzu and Chikomba districts is grossly underpaying its overworked employees, and some of them hardly afford transport costs to...

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Business Top Story

Chivi villagers call for removal of Exclusive Prospecting Orders

October 17, 2022 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter Villagers from Ngundu in Chivi district have pleaded with the government to do away with the Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) which currently puts over 65 000 hectares of gold-rich land in their...

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Business The law

Charcoal merchants incentivizing Mopane destruction

October 15, 2022 0 Comment

…as pesticides, climate change doom Mopane worm business Upenyu Chaota A network of charcoal dealers from Harare is reportedly paying about R20 for a 90kg bag of charcoal thereby incentivizing the destruction of the...

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NEWS Politics

Gender and the just energy transition pathway in Africa

October 14, 2022 0 Comment

Claude Kabemba One critical variable in the debate on energy transition is how gender perspectives have been considered. Placing gender as a prominent issue in the just transition conversation is critical for the success...

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Politics Top Story

‘Communal Land Act increases vulnerability of rural people’

October 14, 2022 0 Comment

…call for amendment to secure rights EnviroPress Reporter Some people in Mwenezi have lamented the continued subsistence of the Communal Land Act as an unjust piece of legislation which perpetuates vulnerability of whole communities...

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Business

Achieving energy transition through domestic resource mobilization, regional integration

October 12, 2022 0 Comment

Claude Kabemba Domestic resource mobilisation, philanthropy, and regional integration are key to Africa’s energy transition. Africa must push for economic policies that enable governments to earn sufficient revenues so that they have enough funds...

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Top Story

Buzi Basin: poor water quality increasing burden on women, livelihoods

October 12, 2022 0 Comment

Staff Reporter Recent case studies and stakeholder consultations conducted by Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSAF) in the Buzi Basin shared between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, reveal the damaging effects of activities to the environment...

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Business

Resource-rich Chivi demands greater say in extraction

October 12, 2022 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter Residents of Chivi have demanded equitable approaches in the extraction of natural resources in the district, saying ordinary people must be allowed to enjoy the right to determine the pace of community...