EnviroPress Reporter MBERENGWA — The lithium price collapse that forced Sandawana Mine to cut 300 contractor jobs in early 2024 is still shaping the employment fortunes of communities around the Mberengwa operation, even as...

EnviroPress Reporter Three Bikita Primary School children were injured last Friday following heavy blasting operations at Bikita Minerals, raising fresh concerns over safety at Zimbabwe’s largest lithium mine. The children, who are all related...

Trymore Tagwirei The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has successfully commissioned a 160-kilowatt solar power system in the Tongogara Soti Source area of Gutu, marking a major milestone in the government’s drive to expand access...

Tiyani Hahlani The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has officially opened a Village Business Unit (VBU) in Ward 10 Mhikuro Village, Chivi North, as part of a nationwide programme aimed...

EnviroPress Reporter For Mberengwa, the promised US$270 million lithium-processing plant at Sandawana Mine is being sold as more than a mining project. It is supposed to bring jobs, infrastructure, skills and a bigger economic...

EnviroPress Reporter At Sandawana Mine, the number that attracts attention is 50 percent. The lithium producer said women made up more than half of its roughly 700 employees at the end of 2024, a...

…community demands access to the document Rutendo Chirume Communities in Bikita have voiced concerns against the Chinese-owned Sinomine Resource Group, accusing the lithium mining giant of withholding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for...

Trymore Tagwirei The Centre for Gender and Community Development in Zimbabwe (CGCDZ), a community-based organization in Masvingo, has trained over 30 rural farmers in producing and using Bokashi—an organic bio-fertilizer designed to boost soil fertility...