…initiative is part of efforts to help create new green jobs Moses Ziyambi An innovative Bee Farmer Field School (BFFS) project being implemented in Zimbabwe by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is improving the livelihoods of 300 young people in six districts of the country. The initiative, which runs under the Green Jobs for […]

Moses Ziyambi The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Agency (ZERA) on May 31 hosted a net metering and energy efficiency workshop in Masvingo where industry players called upon businesses and households to install solar systems in order to help reduce the country’s energy deficit. Speaking to EnviroPress on the sidelines of the workshop, ZERA CEO Edington Mazambani […]

EnviroPress Reporter Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has plans to turn its Innovation Centre for Dryland Agriculture in Chivi into an international centre for agro-innovation projects once completed. The centre sits on 135 hectares of virgin land in Chivi Ward 8 under Headman Madyangove near Mashava. Chivi is in climate region five with little to no […]

Moses Ziyambi A budding start-up run by a Zimbabwe national who left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom some few years ago plans to set up a modern factory to produce chromadek roofing sheets, EnviroPress can report. Brick and Paver was founded by Ashton Bvute who left Zimbabwe for China in 2019, but later moved to […]

Bothwell Chabarika Many farmers in and around Marondera have pointed out that they are glad to be doing business with Voedsel International which buys their product at highly competitive prices at a time when other buyers are not being fair to farmers.The farmers who spoke to EnviroPress said they sell their tobacco to Voedsel International […]

Moses Ziyambi Masvingo province-based lithium mining company Bikita Minerals, which has been taken over by the Chinese, is registering steep surges in production of late, but its employees see no reason to celebrate this as working conditions deteriorate. Records show that Shenzhen-listed Sinomine acquired Bikita Minerals for US$180 million in January 2022 and announced a […]

EnviroPress Reporter Climate change has affected water sources in the already drought prone Chivi district in southern Masvingo, where villagers are now turning to alternatives to try and mitigate against the effects of water shortages. But in Chivi Central, the women and girls are turning to Chombwe Piped Water Rehabilitation Project to mitigate against the […]

Moses Ziyambi Increased cultivation of millets in Zimbabwe could play a critical role in alleviating food insecurity in a country which is experiencing adverse effects of climate change, it has been agreed. Various stakeholders who participated at an event to mark the International Year of Millets on March 23 called upon farmers and authorities to […]

Patrice Talla This year we are celebrating the International Year of Millets. The year was endorsed by Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its Governing Bodies and declared at the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in March 2021. FAO is the Agency taking the lead […]

Ivon Bake Tasked with the construction of what is to become Africa’s biggest iron smelting plant in Manhize, Chirumhanzu, the Chinese company Dinson Group has been on the spotlight after reports filtered through that the workers at the site were being ill-treated with the company saying it was alive to the workers’ plight and was […]

…new industries set to complement nascent fishing sector EnviroPress Reporter The people of Chivi, Chiredzi and Mwenezi stand to derive the most benefits from developments that are soon to follow the approval of the Tugwi Mukosi Master Plan, EnviroPress can report. The three neighbouring districts are the most arid in the country, and ordinary people […]

…as company’s aircraft crashes with diamonds on board Rowesai Rusenga The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has blocked plans by Murowa Diamonds to resume its exploration in Chivi district citing the lack for an updated Environmental Management Plan (EMP) to reflect the new circumstances. At the end of January this year, Murowa Diamonds general manager Jonathan […]