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Zimbabwe govt faces backlash over new seed treatment rule
Zimbabwe's major seed producers have raised serious concerns over a new government regulation that mandates chemical treatment of all certified maize seed, warning that the move could sharply increase...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:33hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala to launch a book
Zimbabwean opposition stalwart and human rights defender Job Sikhala is set to launch his much-anticipated autobiography titled Footprints in the Chains: The Life Story of Job Sikhala on 27 June 2025,...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 21:35hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Marapira distances self from kidnap storm
Zanu-PF information director Farai Marapira has distanced himself from allegations linking him to the reported abduction of environmental activist and farmer Nadia Vongai Mabvirakare.Mabviraka...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:17hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Tycoon Marapira denies involvement in activist's disappearance
Zanu PF Director of Information, Farai Marapira, has refuted allegations linking him to the disappearance of environmental activist and farmer, Nadia Vongai Mabvirakare, demanding a public apology fro...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 13:24hrs | 1102 | by George Tshuma
Zimbabwe govt bans alluvial mining
The Zimbabwean government has introduced stringent regulations banning alluvial mining activities along rivers and public streams, citing significant environmental damage caused by the practice. The m...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:20hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes
In a controversial move, Environment Minister Dion George has allowed the City of Cape Town to pump an unlimited volume of untreated sewage into the sea, following a suspension of discharge limits und...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
A city at risk of collapsing: The cost of the search for gold in Zimbabwe
DOROTHY Moyo says a prayer every time she walks, runs, or drives around her neighbourhood in central Zimbabwe - afraid that the earth will give away from beneath her feet, dragging her underground....Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:21hrs | 1887 | by Staff reporter
US restricts visas for Zimbabwe officials citing repression
The United States on Monday expanded a visa restriction policy on Ugandan officials to include those it believes are responsible for undermining democracy and repressing marginalized groups in Uganda,...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:45hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Safari camp operators in Zimbabwe challenge oil drilling at world heritage site
The operators of safari camps charging more than $1 000 (~R20 000) a night have lodged objections against a planned oil exploration programme in Zimbabwe's premier wildlife area, Mana Pools.Af...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Kevin JiangAntony Sguazzin and Godfrey Marawanyika
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Zivanai Dhewa
Zimbabwe yet to ban single use plastics
ZIMBABWE is yet to ban single use plastic bags despite that they are a major environmental threat, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) said yesterday.Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange told...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Bees fend off illegal loggers
Tanaka Ngara (39), who lived in Watsomba village in Zimbabwe's Mutasa district, transformed his fortune through beekeeping, which also successfully helped safeguard his area's dwindling forests....Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
China Bank dumps plan to fund Zimbabwe’s US$3b coal power plant
CHINA'S biggest bank has dumped plans to fund a $3 billion coal-fired power plant in Zimbabwe, in a blow to a two-decade effort to develop the project, according to a coalition of 32 environmental gro...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Defying global trends, Zimbabwe bets on coal
COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North province, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls. Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate the atmosphere....Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe considers mass elephant killing
Zimbabwe is considering the mass killing of elephants, known as culling, for the first time since 1988 to reduce the 100 000-strong population of the animals.The government of Zimbabwe, which ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 09:50hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Hwange
COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North region of Zimbabwe, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls.Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Building Africa's scientific talent
Ten years ago, South African physicist Neil Turok made a bold prediction: the world's next Einstein will be from Africa. A decade later, it is worth considering whether the continent is any closer to ...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by Daniel Mundeva
Zimbabwe's 'Black Gold', no rush plus capital wagging State's tail
THE government of Zimbabwe held a Press conference at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa initially announced that a private company, Invictus, had made oil and gas discoveries in Muzarabani district. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Takura Zhangazha
Open defecation out of hand in Harare
Last Sunday marked World Toilet Day (WTD), amid rising concerns for proper human waste management as prescribed in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 with special focus on underd...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Trump reverses Obama pipeline bans
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed two orders yesterday to move forward with construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, rolling back key Obama administration environme...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Four men arrested for cutting down trees
Four men from Kanhukanwe village in Chiweshe Mashonaland Central province were arrested for cutting down trees and were latter fined at a police station.According to Eye witnesses the four cul...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 13:59hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
South African documentary film wins two awards in the US
South African documentary film What's The Frack? has won two awards in one week in the United States of America. The environmental documentary was accorded the Award of Excellence by the Headline Inte...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 12:35hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Push for Zimbabwe crisis to top Sadc People's Summit agenda
Human rights groups participating at this year's Sadc People's Summit, which begins in Manzini, Swaziland, today, are pushing for the discussion of Zimbabwe's human rights abuses including cases o...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Go for Clean Energy in Zimbabwe - with Solar civilization
Everyone who was born some years after and before independence and was born in both the villages , townships and cities understand how forests ended up cleared and how the wildlife has gone inst...Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 10:40hrs | | by Mbizo Chirasha
Zimbabwe could be an outright desert in just 35 years
Harare - There's a buzz in Zimbabwe's lush forests, home to many animal species, but it's not bees, bugs or other wildlife. It's the sound of a high-speed saw, slicing through the heart of these ancie...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 19:47hrs | | by Jeffrey Moyo
Women empowerment the answer to Zimbabwe's corruption problems
"The most common way people give up their power, is by thinking they don't have any" - Alice Walker.As corruption in Zimbabwe continues to escalate to shocking proportions,its contagiousne...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 08:56hrs | 18 | by Minenhle Gumede
Cameroon police detain four environmental activists
Douala - Greenpeace International says security officers detained four environmental activists opposed to the establishment of an oil palm plantation in Cameroon by a US-based company.The grou...Published: 17 Nov 2012 at 15:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Wangari Maathai, the woman of trees, dies
Kenya's Wangari Muta Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, environmentalist and human rights activist, died 25 September at age 71. A mother of three, she devoted her life to promoting the envir...Published: 09 Oct 2011 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Top award for Zimbabwe rhino conservationist
The endangered African rhinoceros isn't like a prehistoric dinosaur on the verge of extinction. It is robust in its natural habitat, it is disease resistant and breeds well when protected from p...Published: 11 Apr 2011 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Excited by the promise of power for Bulawayo
Finally there is some good news in the power supply drama that engulfs the lives of each and every Zimbabwean. Congratulations go to the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association for...Published: 17 Feb 2011 at 12:43hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
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