May 2025

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Business Top Story

Climate change drives women into artisanal mining

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…. as despair in subsistence agriculture rises Rutendo Chirume In rural Zimbabwe, women are primarily responsible for agricultural production, fetching water, and gathering firewood; roles place them on the frontline of climate change impacts...

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The law Top Story

Village head sells protected wetland to brick molders

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EMA has confirmed working to evict Chrispen Mudzumwe from Chirumba Wetland Bikita Ward 9 Councillor Surprise Pembere has accused a village head in his ward of selling a piece of a protected wetland in...

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Teen girls lead the charge to green Hatcliffe

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The two girls are on a mission to populate Hatcliffe with more trees EnviroPress Reporter Two inspiring teenagers are making a big difference in their community by planting trees and helping to green Hatcliffe,...

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Business

Zimbabwe’s lithium and the quest for clean energy

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Trymore Tagwirei Zimbabwe holds the largest reserves of lithium in Africa and ranks fifth globally in terms of lithium deposits, with Bikita Minerals alone producing 60 000 tons of petalite per year. If properly...

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Politics Top Story

Bikita Minerals employee’s arm crushed by machine

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The blood-stained roller crusher which rolled over the female employee’s arm EnviroPress Reporter A lab assistant working for Bikita Minerals could lose her hand which got seriously injured by a roller crusher while on...

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Tugwi-Mukosi to contribute 35MW of power to national grid

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Trymore Tagwirei Electricity output totaling 35 Megawatts will be installed at Lake Tugwi-Mukosi, contributing to the electrification of many new rural households in Chivi and Masvingo districts should the revised master plan succeed, EnviroPress...

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The law Top Story

Mercury continues to dominate Mberengwa gold processing

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Trymore Tagwirei Despite the banning of mercury in 2020, widespread use of the metal by gold miners in Mberengwa continues, with some houses now turned into gold processing facilities. Mercury is used to extract...

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The law Top Story

Fresh efforts to tackle roughshod exploitation in lithium communities

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Through the project, EJWP, in partnership with SAT, is injecting new impetus in the programme to improve women’s role in mapping extraction policy for a gender-responsive transition to cleaner forms of energy Tendai Charamba...

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Business

Mberengwa women seek capital to develop own mines

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The women say they have largely been unable to operationalise their mining claims due to lack of seed capital. Trymore Tagwirei Women miners in Mberengwa have appealed for alternative sources of financial support to...

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Business Top Story

Bilcro bosses abandon workers after bankrupting company

PostAdmin May 15, 2025 0 Comment

…workers and suppliers left in a lurch as directors strip company assets, pocket millions and vanish Rutendo Chirume In a brazen case of corporate malfeasance, directors of the once thriving family-run Bilcro Investments, a...