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Growing water scarcity in Zimbabwe a huge threat
FRESH water related ecosystems include wetlands, rivers, aquifers, and lakes that sustain biodiversity and life (UN Environment 2018).Although they cover less than 1% of the earth's surface, t...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:29hrs | 15 | by Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association
Foreigners fuel Zimbabwe's wildlife illicit financial flows
It was business as usual for Mgcini Ncube when he was caught by detectives while skinning an impala deep inside Victoria Falls' Zambezi National Park.Ncube (37) had set up a temporary structur...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:00hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Hoping for tricks of providence
A belch from a priest has greater valueFor a shiny trinket / Give not away your country / The foreigner is a trafficker / To mind him is no bargain / If you were skilled and artful / You'd sta...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Jamwanda
'Zimbabwe should join EITI to promote transparency'
ZIMBABWE should join the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) to promote transparency and accountability to stop the looting of the country's mineral resources.The EITI is a glob...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's gold policy fueling criminality'
GOVERNMENT'S policy of buying gold on a no-questions-asked basis is creating chaos and fueling criminality in the mining sector, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has said....Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deepening human rights crisis under the cover of lockdown
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa has exerted social, economic, political, health and environmental challenges on a continent that was already on its knees.These challenges thus pose a...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Sitabile Dewa
Mthuli Ncube must formalise artisanal miners in 2021 budget: Zela
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been urged to include policy reforms in the 2021 national budget which will decriminalise artisanal mining activities, given the reports that small-scale miners were ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charamba spits venom over ban on China game park mining
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing against lawyers and environmentalists who forced government to abruptly withdraw two Chinese companies' licences p...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
The curse of Murowa diamonds
Dear Editor, We recently learnt through your informative publication the likelihood of Zimbabwe Diamonds being discussed and categorized as " conflict diamonds " during the forthcoming UN plen...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 05:58hrs | 5 | by Deprived Murowa Ward Community
African govts fight 'conflict diamonds' resolution
AFRICAN governments led by South Africa are fighting tooth and nail to stop the passing of a resolution by the Kimberly Process to expand the definition of "conflict diamonds", it has been learnt....Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
President Mugabe's village face health crisis
Residents from Zvimba communal area have been pushed to bear the brunt of an ineffective waste management system from the neighboring Harare culminating into garbage being illegally dumped into their ...Published: 11 May 2017 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe lost $144 billion
ZIMBABWE has lost US$144 billion in potential revenue from the mining sector since 2009, largely due to a plethora of problems, among them a power supply crisis, punitive tax regime and investor fatig...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Local civic society to tour Marange diamond field
Government has given the green light to local Civic Society to tour the Marange diamond field this week as part of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme requirements.Government says it re...Published: 05 Mar 2012 at 17:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chimanikire's Lesson to Maguwu Et Al !
"Patriotism is the headline in everything we do in a country" NON Governmental Organizations working in Zimbabwe especially on the issue of the extr...Published: 17 Oct 2011 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Busani Ncube
Zanu PF to form NGOs
Zanu PF wants to promote the formation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that advance its political agenda in a bid to counter alleged influence of Western-funded NGOs....Published: 23 Dec 2010 at 13:53hrs | | by Political Correspondent
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