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Buhera community restores wetland, boosting food security and biodiversity

Editor Enviro July 30, 2025

Tiyani Hahlani A community in Chidziyamango, Buhera South, has successfully restored a degraded wetland in the Chatikobo area of Ward 28, significantly improving food security, water availability and biodiversity. With support from the Southern...

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Zimbabwe’s trade deficit grows despite strong mineral, tobacco exports

Editor Enviro July 30, 2025

Trymore Tagwirei Zimbabwe’s export sector remained dominated by tobacco and mineral commodities in June 2025, according to the latest trade report from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat). However, the country’s trade deficit widened...

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From struggle to success: How a rural farming project is transforming lives in Buhera

Editor Enviro July 29, 2025

Tiyani Hahlani Just a few seasons ago, Tanaka Chitumbura spent her days toiling near the banks of Mutunha Dam, battling harsh weather and the constant fear of eviction. Today, she walks proudly through neat...

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CNRG launches 2025 natural resource governance school

Editor Enviro July 29, 2025

Rutendo Chirume The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has officially launched the inaugural 2025 cohort of its Natural Resource Governance and Accountability School in Mutare, bringing together young leaders from mining-affected communities across...

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Football kicks off community development in Masvingo rural

Editor Enviro July 26, 2025

Trymore Tagwirei A coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations—the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZimSOFF), Batanai HIV and AIDS Service Organisation (BHASO), and Socio-Economic Action Transformation for Humanity (SEATH)—recently partnered to host a series of football...

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Bikita cllr accuses mining company of faking community development projects

Editor Enviro July 24, 2025

Trymore Tagwirei Bikita Minerals, one of Zimbabwe’s largest lithium mines, is under fire for allegedly misleading the public about its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts in Bikita and surrounding communities impacted by its operations....

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Zimbabwe defies lithium slump with 30 percent export surge in H1 2025

Editor Enviro July 23, 2025

Tiyani Hahlani Zimbabwe’s exports of spodumene concentrate—a lithium-bearing mineral—surged by 30 percent in the first half of 2025, defying a sharp global downturn in lithium prices. This is according to the Zimbabwe Economic Review,...

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From hunting ground to ‘green gold’: Pikinini Jawanda irrigation scheme transforms rural livelihoods

Editor Enviro July 22, 2025

EnviroPress Reporter Just a year ago, the land now occupied by the thriving Pikinini Jawanda Irrigation Scheme was a wild thicket—a hunting ground where locals foraged for rabbits and birds to feed their families....

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ZELO launches community monitoring project in Bikita to address mining impacts

Editor Enviro July 19, 2025

Rutendo Chirume The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organization (ZELO) has introduced a new community monitoring and engagement initiative in Bikita District, targeting areas affected by mining operations under Bikita Minerals. The project was officially launched...

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Bikita Minerals launches US$400 million cesium smelter in boost to local value addition

Editor Enviro July 17, 2025

Tiyani Hahlani In a significant boost to Zimbabwe’s value addition drive, Bikita Minerals has announced the construction of a US$400 million cesium smelting plant, a project expected to catalyze local economic development and support...