EnviroPress Reporter There is no legislation that deals with reconnaissance in Zimbabwe.  The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and the geological department may, however, make available information that may be required for one to have an understanding of the geology of Zimbabwe.  Rights to conduct exploration are conferred by a prospecting licence/prospector’s licence upon […]

EnviroPress Reporter As changes in climate call for new approaches especially in the agriculture sector to ensure food security, government has allocated about $20 billion in local currency towards the climate smart pfumvudza programme. The pfumvudza/intwasa programme recorded success stories in the 2021-2022 farming season after a massive marketing campaign led by the government. More […]

EnviroPress Reporter Mwenezi West Member of Parliament (MP) Priscilla Zindari-Moyo has urged government to help communities extract better value from their traditional grains by giving them access to relevant technology. More commonly referred to as small grains, traditional grains consists of millet, sorghum and rapoko which are grown most dominantly in Mwenezi. Zindari-Moyo (pictured) said […]

EnviroPress Reporter A new iron and steel company being built in the Manhize area between Chirumhanzu and Chikomba districts is grossly underpaying its overworked employees, and some of them hardly afford transport costs to come to work, sources have revealed. The massive plant is being built reportedly to the tune of US$750 million by Dinson […]

EnviroPress Reporter Villagers from Ngundu in Chivi district have pleaded with the government to do away with the Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) which currently puts over 65 000 hectares of gold-rich land in their area under protection. An Exclusive Prospecting Order is issued in terms of Part VI of the Mines and Minerals Act (Chapter […]

…as pesticides, climate change doom Mopane worm business Upenyu Chaota A network of charcoal dealers from Harare is reportedly paying about R20 for a 90kg bag of charcoal thereby incentivizing the destruction of the vital Mopane tree species in Mwenezi. Mopane charcoal has high market value and is mainly used as a cheaper energy alternative […]

Claude Kabemba Domestic resource mobilisation, philanthropy, and regional integration are key to Africa’s energy transition. Africa must push for economic policies that enable governments to earn sufficient revenues so that they have enough funds to look after their populations without the need for handouts from the West. Domestic resource mobilisation therefore becomes essential to securing […]

EnviroPress Reporter Residents of Chivi have demanded equitable approaches in the extraction of natural resources in the district, saying ordinary people must be allowed to enjoy the right to determine the pace of community development. In 2021, the gold and diamond-rich Chivi eventually managed to get Murowa Diamonds out of the Sese the communal lands […]

…district has potential to be food self-reliant EnviroPress Reporter People in Mwenezi have lamented the underutilization of water bodies in the district, saying government should channel resources towards irrigation development to enable communities to better adapt to climate change. Mwenezi is one of the most food-insecure of the seven districts of Masvingo province despite being […]

EnviroPress Reporter With climate change severely undermining the viability of rain-fed agriculture in many parts of Zimbabwe, the country’s underdeveloped irrigation systems is one of the many obstacles militating against the quest for national food security. The country has set an ambitious target to rehabilitate 450 irrigation schemes covering over 26 000 hectares by year […]

Yeukai Munetsi A man from the Sebakwe area of Chirumhanzu suffers from what he suspects to be a serious lung infection attributable to the dust he inhales and chemicals he handles in the course of his work, but cannot afford specialist medical care because he is paid a pittance for the chrome he mines. While […]

Yeukai Munetsi The availability of abundant chrome deposits which have been exploited for over a century in the Lalapanzi area of Chirumhanzu district has not resulted in sustainable social progress for the community, but rather in perceptions of dispossession, conflict and environmental degradation. The initial chrome mines, which sit along Zimbabwe’s famed Great Dyke, were […]