Stanley Gutu The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has indicted the Masvingo town clerk, Edward Mukaratirwa, for alleged fraud and criminal abuse of office related to two official vehicles. Mukaratirwa, who is represented by Frank Chirairo, appeared at the Masvingo magistrates court on Tuesday, 10 July 2024, and was remanded out of custody to August, 09, […]

Introduction to the Bill The Climate Change Bill seeks to provide for the national climate change response by providing for the mainstreaming of climate change across all sectors of the economy towards meeting national climate change mitigation and adaptation priorities. This will be achieved through integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation actions in development […]

MARTIN MAWAYA GWERU – A Chinese miner was remanded in custody after appearing in the Gweru Magistrate’s Court on allegations of rape and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. The juvenile has since given birth to a baby girl last year. Zhang Zhaowen (51), of Derby 14A Mine in Guinea Fowl, Gweru, was brought before Gweru Regional […]

International watchdogs condemn harassment of union Masvingo – The ruling Zanu PF provincial youth chairperson for Masvingo, Delight Mandebvu, has been charged for sexual assault and violence while forcibly dispersing a group of union leaders who had set up an exhibition tent to commemorate Workers’ Day at Bikita Minerals on 1 May. The Zimbabwe Diamond […]

Stanley GutuMASVINGO—Residents of Guruve in Mashonaland Central province have accusedEureka Gold Mine of polluting Dande River, which is their main source of potable water,a report by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) indicates.The mine dates back to 1906 and has changed hands several times over the decades.Operating as an open pit model, it was re-commissioned […]

Sofia Mapuranga MUTARE—Community-based organisations (CBOs) in Manicaland have set up a committee to implement an action plan aimed at holding foreign and local companies to account while addressing the environmental, social and economic challenges caused by mining activities in the province. The resolution was made at a recent community dialogue (pictured) that brought together close […]

EnviroPress Reporter Dozens of families in Murape village on the old Nollen Farm are now fetching water for domestic use from an open gully (pictured) because Bikita Minerals closed off a deep protected well that had been their source of potable water for decades. Bikita Minerals claims that the well is located within their mining […]

EnviroPress Reporter A Harare businessman Tendai Mashamhanda has called upon Chief Justice Luke Malaba to resign for his failure to take action against rampant corruption and other abuses in the Judiciary which have seen his businesses incurring huge losses through nonprocedural cancellation of his title deeds allegedly to benefit a member of a powerful cartel. […]

Zimbabwe’s government is struggling to reduce open defecation, a practice that poses serious health and environmental risks, despite its efforts to improve sanitation facilities. Minister of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services Jenfan Muswere said Tuesday that open defecation has fallen slightly from 30% in 2020 to 28.6% in 2023, but it remains a challenge. He […]

Moses ZiyambiFamilies in the resettlement areas surrounding the iron mines in Manhize where Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) is building a steel manufacturing plant are resisting the slow but systematic evictions being effected by the company.Disco, which is a subsidiary of Chinese steel giant Tsingshan Holdings Group, is extracting iron ore in Manhize Range […]

Moses Ziyambi Zimbabwe has made significant strides to address the climate change in the country, much of whose effects are more profoundly felt in the droughts and floods that have hit the country more frequently since the turn of the century, evidence on the ground shows. The country is party to the United Nations Framework […]

Upenyu Chaota Assistant Commissioner Florence Marume, who has been in charge of police operations in Masvingo province, is facing the possibility of getting transferred to Chitungwiza, EnviroPress can report. The transfer follows her recent heroic exploits at work which saw her singlehandedly busting a lithium syndicate in May. Her immediate boss, Masvingo provincial police commander […]