January 2023

4 Minutes

The law Top Story

Ex-convicts join authorities in fight against poaching

January 31, 2023 0 Comment

Mary Mundeya As a measure to curb recurrent poaching in areas around the Chizarira Game Park, some ex-wildlife crime convicts have joined hands with the authorities in the fight against the vice. Measuring about...

3 Minutes

The law Top Story

Chinese savage attack victim sues employer for US$106 000

January 31, 2023 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter A Kwekwe man who suffered grievous injuries on his genitals after he was savagely kicked by a Chinese supervisor at a mine he worked for has elicited legal support to sue the...

2 Minutes

Business The law

Proposal to make mining companies pay in minerals

January 27, 2023 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter The government has announced a new mining royalties system requiring companies mining gold, diamonds, lithium, platinum group metals (PGMs) and any other precious stones or valuable metal specified by Reserve Bank of...

4 Minutes

Business Top Story

Small white rhino conservation project ignites hope in disadvantaged community

January 21, 2023 0 Comment

Mary MundeyaIt is a chilly January afternoon and Baba Mlevu, an influential 89-year-old headman of Mlevu Ward in Zimbabwe’s Matebeleland North province, passionately describes how much he had longed to see white rhinos roaming...

NEWS -2 Minutes

Climate change, poaching decimating aqualife

January 19, 2023 0 Comment

Anesu Tafirei Poaching and climate change are decimating Zimbabwe’s fish stocks, the country’s wildlife authorities have said. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) says climate change has become a reality in Zimbabwe and...

5 Minutes

Politics Top Story

Hard-won gains in fight against elephant poaching

January 13, 2023 0 Comment

…cases of poisoning decline as screws tighten on cyanide Mary Mundeya A decade ago, Zimbabwe experienced a sharp increase in elephant poaching, with cyanide poisoning had become a common way to kill those magnificent...

2 Minutes

Top Story

Chivi to benefit from US$14 million climate fund

January 9, 2023 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter The dry Chivi community is set to benefit from the three year US$14 million programme to help rural communities adapt and build resilience to climate change shocks. Chivi, together with Binga, Chipinge...

3 Minutes

Business The law Top Story

Chinese gold mine assault victim permanently disabled

January 9, 2023 0 Comment

…attack mirrors growing Chinese abuse of locals A 48-year-old Empress Mine employee who was savagely attacked by his Chinese boss on Novermber 19, 2022, allegedly after being found asleep on duty, suffered permanent injuries...

2 Minutes

Politics Top Story

Zim announces chrome policy shift to stem unfair practices

January 4, 2023 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter There is a chance that the unfair exploitation of small scale miners by chrome buyers will come to an end after government announced recently that all chrome trade will be done and...

4 Minutes

Politics Top Story

Remodelled CAMPFIRE could unlock benefits for wildlife-rich Mwenezi

January 3, 2023 0 Comment

…inclusion of traditional as account signatories criticised Pheneus Shambare If carried out efficiently, the proposed amendments to the Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) programme could enable greater benefits for such wildlife-rich...