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Illegal logging costs Zimbabwe millions
Deep in the misty Eastern Highlands, along the Zimbabwe–Mozambique border, the whine of chainsaws has replaced the natural chorus of birdsong. Towering indigenous and exotic trees, some centurie...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 08:29hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Timber shortage hits Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is grappling with a serious timber shortage that has left the local market heavily reliant on imports from neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa, as deep-rooted challenges continu...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:39hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Tensions rise in Matebeleland North
Tensions are escalating within Matebeleland North's lucrative safari hunting sector amid allegations that the Forestry Commission has been leasing prime state-owned properties through backdoor deals f...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:03hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Workers, management clash over Ngamo Safaris takeover
Employees at Ngamo Safaris in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, are protesting a controversial decision by management to lease the safari camp to a new investor without following the proper tender proce...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:16hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's steel revolution begins
Zimbabwe has taken a major step toward economic transformation and self-sufficiency with the launch of full-scale finished steel production at the Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) plant in Manhiz...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 07:29hrs | 7234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steel production cuts import reliance
A monumental step forward for Zimbabwe's import substitution strategy has been achieved with the commencement of extensive finished steel production at the Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) plant ...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:43hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Trust holds climate cafe workshop in Bulawayo
The Sisonke Working Together Trust Bulawayo has conducted a very successful climate cafe first-of-its-kind workshop in Bulawayo to educate participants on the importance of climate vagaries miti...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 22:43hrs | 176 | by Stephen Jakes
Proliferation of firewood using food cookers worry Tree Ambassador
National Tree Ambassador Never Bonde has expressed concern over the increasing number of small scale food outlets that are using firewood indicatin...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 05:22hrs | 159 | by Staff Reporter
Climate finance and mismanagement in Zimbabwe: Bridging the gap between promises and accountability
As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, financial commitments to support developing nations in climate change mitigation and adaptation have taken center stage in international negot...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 17:40hrs | 253 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo City grapples with surge in stray cattle
The City of Bulawayo is contending with an influx of stray cattle that have been invading both western and eastern suburbs in search of green pastures. With the ongoing drought affecting much of Zimba...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:06hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Chaos and disarray in Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife
The Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife is embroiled in a web of chaos and disorder, with allegations of conflict of interest and unethical behavior swirling around one of its key figures, ...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 14:38hrs | 280 | by Walter Tsungirwa
Timber war erupts in Lupane
A WAR of words has erupted in Lupane, with locals taking aim at the Kusile Rural District Council (KRDC) which oversees the administration of the Matabeleland North provincial capital, over misplaced ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 20:39hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
51 Zimbabwe parastatals fail to submit financials
A total of fifty-one state-owned enterprises have failed to submit their financial statements for auditing to the Auditor-General, as required by law.The Acting Auditor-General, Mrs. Rhea Kuji...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:40hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
TelOne donates bins, trees to Zimbabwe Cricket
Telecommunications giant, TelOne has donated litter bins and trees to Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) as part of the company's corporate social responsibility and efforts to promote sustainable environment mana...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:39hrs | 20 | by Staff Reporter
Lupane juice maker eyes export market
LUPANE-based indigenous fruit juice manufacturer, Lupane Veggie Guys is eyeing the export market after successfully showcasing its indigenous products at the just-ended Zimbabwe International Trade Fa...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministers battle to control Zaka district
Zanu-PF factional wars in Masvingo are far from over as the battle for dominance between provincial chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa and his predecessor and current Minister of State for Provincial Aff...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says everyone has a duty to clean Zimbabwe
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said it was every citizen's duty to clean up Zimbabwe and called for a high stakeholder engagement and creation of public private partnerships (PPP) for b...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners threaten railway tracks
SMALL-scale chrome miners have invaded Mapanzure area in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, where they are conducting illegal mining activities along the Gweru-Zvishavane railway line, amid growing fears ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Maputo for key regional meeting
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today join Sadc regional leaders for a high-level meeting that will culminate in the signing of a declaration providing for the protection of indigenous forests from rapid exp...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hit hard by storms and forest loss, Zimbabweans building stronger homes
For Florence Panda, the best thing about her new house in eastern Zimbabwe is not the modern design or the size, big enough for her family of nine.It's the fact that the house is built with ce...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes major appointment in Public Service Commission
The Chief Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr. Misheck Sibanda has informed the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appoint Rosemary Mukogo as a Commissioner of the Public...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 12:02hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF MP on the spot over $2m
Nkayi South villagers have poked holes into claims by their Zanu-PF legislator Stars Mathe that she has built three schools using $2 million disbursed under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF)....Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Can Caterpillars Save Us?
For as long as anyone can remember, mopane worms have provided a critical source of nutritional and financial sustenance for Zimbabweans, especially in the country's southernmost provinces.In ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:24hrs | 16 | by Fortune Moyo
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Poachers take advantage of lockdowns
CASES of wildlife poaching have increased due to subdued anti-poaching activities that have been brought about by the lockdowns introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19.This was said by Paint...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Residents fume over raw sewage spilling into homes
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's oldest and most populous suburb, Makokoba, are up in arms with the city council for failing to attend to burst sewer pipes which are now discharging raw sewage into their house...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC roped in Mashonaland Central dirty politics
RUSHINGA legislator Tendai Nyabani (ZANU) has been summoned by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission today to answer to allegations of a private timber company (Vira Vika) which was reportedly allocated...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 14:52hrs | | by Paul Ndou
Locals breath fire over exported timber
The Rushinga community has blasted its traditional leadership, Forestry Commission and Rural District Council for corruptly awarding an obscure company kn...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Govt reduces workforce to 10%
GOVERNMENT has further decongested its workforce to 10 percent from 40 percent and temporarily closed some of its district offices in Hwange after staffers tested Covid-19 positive. In a circu...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
6,000 residents live in the dark for 2 years
Over six thousand residents in Sakubva suburb of Mutare have been living in the dark after ZESA allegedly disconnected them due to a ZW$2 million legacy debt owed to the power utility by Mutare City C...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jumbo attack: 74-year-old turns hero
A 74-YEAR-OLD villager from Mabale in Hwange who was attacked by an elephant which fractured his right leg turned hero of his own story after he dragged himself on his buttocks for eight hours until h...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Worry over increased poaching of painted dogs
PAINTED dogs, also known as wild dogs, face extinction as a result of increased illegal hunting by poachers, a conservation centre has revealed.The Painted Dogs Conservation Centre in Dete, wh...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:47hrs | 1 | by Sytaff reporter
Zimbabwe gives away 99% of exported tobacco
A STAGGERING 99% of the tobacco crop produced annually by Zimbabwean farmers is shipped to the international markets without being processed, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (Timb) revealed l...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malianga, Gwaradzimba declared national heroes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national hero status on the late Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba (60) and founding nationalist and Zanu-PF Central Co...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CIPF spruces up its Stoneridge housing scheme
THE Construction Industry Pension Fund (CIPF) has spruced up its ZW$7 million Housing Scheme in Stoneridge, 20 km South East of Harare by planting Cyprus trees in commemoration of National Tree Planti...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 18:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CIPF spruces up its Stoneridge Housing Scheme
THE Construction Industry Pension Fund (CIPF) has spruced up its ZW$7 million Housing Scheme in Stoneridge, 20 km South East of Harare by planting Cyprus trees in commemoration of National Tree Planti...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Council pounces on illegal operations
MORE than 59 people have been arrested in a joint operation by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to bust syndicates that are invol...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt to centralise control of State firms
THE Government will adopt a centralised ownership model for State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to eliminate inconsistencies in governance and ministerial interferences, Finance and Economic Development Mi...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Injiva's million dollar bet on Tsholotsho
OWEN Sibanda's childhood was typical of thousands that grow up in Tsholotsho, one of the poorest districts in Matabeleland South province.He walked at least 18km to and from school every day a...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The day Cyclone Mthuli came to town
Well, this Mthuli Ncube guy is bad news.Witty and cunning are his attributes! He had an afternoon outing with journalists, last weekend, shared jokes and ideas, while he kept his joker to his ches...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bullish on TelOne future prospects
The professionalism of TelOne's management, including their determined push to turnaround the State-owned enterprise (SOE), will likely be a drawcard for reputable technical partners or suitors, Presi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:30hrs | 18 | by Staff rpeorter
Zim Government lacks consistency on Policy and economic projects
Succession politics is a major stumbling block to the success story and progressive ideas in Zimbabwe. It is not about Mnangagwa, Chamisa or Mugabe, but it is about the future of this country. Governm...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 21:38hrs | 5 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Govt to ban use of indigenous trees in tobacco curing
THE Forestry Commission is contemplating a ban on the use of indigenous trees to cure tobacco by 2020 to curb deforestation.Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environmen...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bio-fuel projects remain redundant
The long fuel queues being experienced across the country coupled with shortages of critical energy needs like electricity indicate mammoth challenges facing Zimbabwe, despite the abundance of alterna...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why Beitbridge should fit into National Ports Authority scope
The quest to boost productivity in industries and to grow the national economy has seen Zimbabwe, like any other progressive nation in the world, coming up with a raft of measures to remove trade barr...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Colliery rescuers retrieve snake victim's body
RESCUERS from Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) yesterday used hooks to finally fish out the body of a Lupane man who was allegedly fatally bitten by a snake in a well last Wednesday. The...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Deadly snake in 45 metre well derails efforts to retrieve corpse
A SNAKE that allegedly fatally bit a 25-year-old man from Lupane in a 45-metre deep well on Wednesday last week has kept rescuers at bay as everyone is afraid to enter the well and retrieve the body. ...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Over $29m mobilised for Zimbabwe cholera
Government has so far mobilised $29 million out of $64,1 million required to fight cholera, amid indications that the outbreak has been contained with the number of patients visiting health institutio...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is 'scientifically illiterate'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "scientific illiteracy" is the main reason why the country's economy will not improve anytime soon, opposition New Patriotic Front (NPF) leader Tendai Munyanduri has sai...Published: 19 May 2018 at 20:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War erupts over amacimbi
Villagers in Gwanda are up in arms with people from other provinces who have swarmed the district to harvest mopani worms.Thousands of people drawn from provinces outside Matabeleland South re...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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