EnviroPress Reporter As Zimbabweans prepare for the festive season, the mining boom around Sandawana in Mberengwa is creating a parallel economic story: the minerals beneath the ground are increasingly shaping the livelihoods, businesses and...

EnviroPress Reporter BIKITA— For communities living around Bikita Minerals, the lithium boom has brought a question that is becoming harder to ignore: if the mineral beneath their feet is helping power Zimbabwe’s ambitions for...

EnviroPress Reporter BIKITA— At the foot of Hanyanya Mountain, the promise of Zimbabwe’s lithium boom meets a more familiar rural reality: women trying to make a living from land and water while a rapidly...

EnviroPress Reporter MBERENGWA — For communities living around Sandawana Mine, 2026 is shaping up as a year in which promises made around Zimbabwe’s lithium boom will be measured against what people can actually see...

Tiyani Hahlani As artisanal miners flock daily to the banks of the Runde River in Zavare’s Ward 21 in search of gold, a quieter struggle continues to unfold in the surrounding villages, where poverty,...

EnviroPress Reporter For generations, the road into Sandawana has been more than a route to a mine. It is a lifeline for communities scattered across the remote parts of Mberengwa, connecting villagers to schools,...

EnviroPress Reporter BIKITA— For villagers living on the margins of Bikita Minerals, the price of losing a water point is measured not in dollars, but in kilometres walked, hours lost and the quality of...