2024

8 Minutes

The Great EnviroPress Commentary

GBV and climate change: the nexus

Moses Ziyambi December 29, 2024 0 Comment

By Gloria Ndoro-Mkombachoto TO mitigate the impacts of climate change on GBV, it is crucial to incorporate gender perspectives into climate policies and disaster response strategies. This involves: Data collection and research Developing comprehensive...

0 Minutes

Business Politics

Absence of community participation in lithium mining riles Bikita DDC

PostAdmin December 26, 2024 0 Comment

Bikita District Development Coordinator (DDC) Bernard Hadzirabwi bemoans the absence of community share ownership policies in lithium mining. He protests that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) alone was not enough an instrument for equitable distribution...

2 Minutes

Politics Top Story

Government ignores Lake Chivero catastrophe

Moses Ziyambi December 21, 2024 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter Despite a public outcry after revelations of extreme pollution in Lake Chivero, government has largely turned a blind eye after deliberations of the last cabinet sitting made no mention of the calamity....

2 Minutes

The law Top Story

Chivi activist scoops human rights award

Moses Ziyambi December 20, 2024 0 Comment

Ruvengo (left) receives his award from ZimRights director Dzikamai Bere EnviroPress Reporter ZimRights has awarded Stanslous Roy Ruvengo, an environmental activist and human rights activist, the Masvingo Provincil Human Rights of the Year ward...

2 Minutes

Business

Dry spell threatens school agricultural projects

Moses Ziyambi December 20, 2024 0 Comment

Rutendo Chirume Lack of adequate water threatens to reverse Sikato Primary’s one-year-old fish project which is part of the school’s new heritage-based curriculum projects. The school has two 14x7m fish ponds, each with 100...

2 Minutes

Politics Top Story

Zhou accuses Kuvimba of ‘massive lithium looting’ in Mberengwa, urges community action

Editor Enviro December 16, 2024 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president and opposition politician, Dr. Takavafira Zhou, has raised alarm over what he describes as the “massive looting” of lithium by Kuvimba Mining House, calling for...

4 Minutes

The law Top Story

Mutangiri faces hurdles after cutting corners building West View College

Moses Ziyambi December 15, 2024 0 Comment

West View College was built without approval of Masvingo RDC, and provincial offices of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Upenyu Chaota Masvingo businessman Philimon Mutangiri is facing mounting legal and bureaucratic challenges...

3 Minutes

The law Top Story

Human remains exhumed as Bikita Minerals stumbles upon old graves

Moses Ziyambi December 11, 2024 0 Comment

The remains were exhumed from three graves at a site where workers’ hostels are being built EnviroPress Reporter Lithium mining company Bikita Minerals has exhumed the remains of three unknown deceased individuals from an...

2 Minutes

Business

Buy local, Bikita residents urge lithium mine

Editor Enviro December 10, 2024 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter Residents and business leaders in Bikita are calling on Bikita Minerals, a Chinese-owned lithium mining company to prioritise local suppliers and contractors to stimulate economic growth in the district. The demand comes...

3 Minutes

Business Top Story

Villagers fenced out of water source

Moses Ziyambi December 9, 2024 0 Comment

Some women and children now travel 4km to Beardmore Primary School for water Rutendo Chirume Big extractive industry projects can improve the socio-economic status and public infrastructure in local communities but for the people...