Environment

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The law Top Story

Protracted struggle to stop ‘illegal’ mining at water tanks

Moses Ziyambi August 27, 2024 0 Comment

Luen Phiri The fight to stop mining activities on the hill which carries City of Masvingo’s water reservoirs continues albeit with no success so far, with reports emerging that the mining involves powerful political...

2 Minutes

Politics Top Story

Media urged to improve environmental coverage

post@e July 17, 2024 0 Comment

Luen Phiri Local journalists have been called upon to do their part to enhance ecological health by taking greater interest in covering issues of the environment. This encouragement came out of an environmental reporting...

2 Minutes

Business Top Story

EMA blocks Murowa Diamonds return to Chivi

post@e February 19, 2023 0 Comment

…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...

2 Minutes

The law Top Story

Low access to cleaner energy resources dooms forests

post@e November 2, 2022 0 Comment

Martha Leboho In many cases, the coronavirus pandemic resulted in an increase of over-dependency on natural resources for survival, with more sustainable livelihoods having been eroded by different levels of lockdowns over a protracted...

2 Minutes

Top Story

Operationalization target for new landfill missed

post@e March 22, 2022 0 Comment

The new landfill will replace this dumpsite...

3 Minutes

Top Story

Unpacking Chiredzi Town Council’s environmental action plan

post@e March 20, 2022 0 Comment

Macdonald Mudzaki The Chiredzi Town Council launched its environmental action plan document last week in the wake of a plethora of environmental issues among them wetlands destruction, deforestation and sand poaching, illegal waste dumping and...

3 Minutes

Business Top Story

Shorter wet seasons a bane for mushroom gatherers

post@e March 18, 2022 0 Comment

ECC Champion The shorter than usual rainy seasons being experienced these years have had a devastating impact on the emergence of naturally-occurring mushrooms which have traditionally played a livelihoods role in rural communities. Wild...

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Politics Top Story

Zim politicians fail the green test

post@e February 22, 2022 0 Comment

…manifestos ignore environment, climate change … ‘environmental issues do not make sense to electorate’ Upenyu Chaota As the country braces for the March 26 by-elections and ultimately the 2023 harmonised elections, there has been...

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The Great EnviroPress Commentary

Does Zimbabwe need heavy-handedness to be clean?

post@e January 19, 2022 0 Comment

It is shockingly outrageous that most people of Zimbabwe are senseless litterbugs who do not see anything wrong in chucking beer bottles out of the windows of their cars when driving on the highways...