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Magunje cement project accused of rights abuses, displacements
The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has issued a scathing report accusing developers of the US$1 billion Magunje cement and mining project of widespread human rights abuses, forced displ...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:50hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-linked gold mine fined over pollution
ZIMCN Investments, a company reportedly linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, has been fined for violating environmental regulations at its gold mining operation in Mashonaland East. ...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 14:04hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
BCC proposes forex fines for illegal dumping of waste
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is contemplating a policy requiring fines for illegal dumping to be paid in foreign currency, in a bid to curb the growing problem of environmental pollution and to enhance...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:08hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on open air churches condemned
Rocky Moyo, leader of the Council of Churches in Africa, criticized the Bulawayo City Council for not taking action during raids on open-air worshippers by the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP). He empha...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED, Mthwakazi clash
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has been accused by shadowy Zanu-PF church affiliates of intimidating their members during raids on unregistered "bush churches" in Bulawayo. The MRP conducted these...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lithium haulage trucks chaos in Zimbabwe
Heavy trucks transporting lithium ore from Sandawana to the Gwanda lithium mine (plant) in Mandiwongola are leaving a perilous trail of boulders along the Causeway/Ntalale road, posing significant ris...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 20:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Western modernization was fraught with sanguineous crimes
The path to modernization a country chooses is determined by its historical traditions, social systems, developmental conditions, and external environment, among other factors. As countries differ in ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 15:48hrs | 7 | by Xi Jinping
Zimbabwe political parties instructed to pull down campaign posters
All political parties must remove their election posters and other campaign material plastered on walls, trees, lamp posts and other public infrastructure and ensure they are properly disposed of with...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda imposes US$20 littering fine
Gwanda Municipality has introduced a fine of US$20 for residents caught disposing of litter at unauthorized locations.In a notice addressed to residents, Gwanda's town clerk, Priscilla Nkala, ...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plastic bottle recycling project for Bulawayo
The Bulawayo City Council has received an unsolicited bid for a recycling plastic bottle waste project following concerns about rampant littering of bottles, leading to the pollution of the environmen...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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
Zambia-bound truck spills 35 tonnes of sulphur
A Zambia-bound truck laden with 35 tonnes of sulphur overturned and caught fire at the 311km peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway, near Tsetse checkpoint in Hurungwe District with preliminary investi...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo plans arrests, heavy fines for littering
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has tightened the noose on littering and is in the process of engaging Government to impose deterrent fines on litter bugs.This year council will arrest and fine an...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to ban plastic bags next year
USE of plastic carrier bags will be banned by December next year, with retail outlets urged to find environment-friendly alternatives, NewsDay has learnt.The ban is meant to protect the enviro...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Residents object to Chinese macadamia plant
RESIDENTS of Chipinge town have objected to plans by the local authority to regularise a macadamia processing plant established by Dexing, a Chinese company, in a low-density residential area....Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC appeals for US$1bn to overhaul water system
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it requires US$1 billion to overhaul its water and waste management infrastructure.Mayor Solomon Mguni made the appeal during a meeting with Africa Develop...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly exposes steel firm's fraudulent certification
HARARE-BASED steel manufacturing company, Steel Brands (Pvt) Ltd, was fraudulently awarded an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certificate by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and Harare ...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Garbage piles grow in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is sitting on a health time bomb as council continues to struggle to collect refuse from both residential areas and the city centre. The failure by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to coll...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government plans to gazette health fees
THE Government has warned private doctors, medical aid societies and pharmacies that it might soon be forced to gazette health fees to protect suffering patients from errant practitioners charging in ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Winky D to receive award as ZimAchievers pay Tuku tribute
Celebrated Zimdancehall artist Wallace Chirumiko, popularly known as Winky D has been announced as the recipient of the inaugural Oliver Mtukudzi Zim-Based Musician of the Year Award at the ZororoPhum...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns companies over environmental pollution
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned industrialists against polluting water bodies by depositing untreated effluent.Speaking at joint commemorations to mark the National Clean-Up exer...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe new dumping ground for second hand Chinese chrome smelters
Zimbabwe has become a target for Chinese companies that are looking at dumping second-hand chrome smelters following the promulgation of an environmental law prohibiting use of heavy environmentally u...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Business Times
Leisure resort forced to close by raw sewage
BULAWAYO's collapsing sewerage system has been blamed for the closure of one of the city's prime tourist attractions, Umguza Yacht Club, as raw affluent from treatment plants is being discharged into ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Depriving the poor of the right to education
Dear Editor, Thank you and your crew for your informative editions which have become the voice of the voiceless giving hope to the hopeless.What we witnessed today driving around Murow...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 11:04hrs | 7 | by Murowa Community Zvishavane
Mnangagwa urges sensitivity in mining operations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged mining companies to adhere to the country's environmental laws to avoid land degradation and environmental pollution during their operations.Speaking dur...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diaper disposal a headache for stakeholders
ILLEGAL dumping sites have become common in Harare and other parts of the country, with the reckless disposal of diapers causing a major headache.Among those rubbish being dumped by residents ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
The sure curse of Murowa Diamonds
Dear Diamonds! Diamonds! Yes diamonds galore in impoverished Zimbabwe. Surely the story of Zim's diamonds needs revisiting for how can a country blessed with such gems be said to be poor? Who ...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 19:01hrs | 11 | by Murowa Community Members
BCC introduces palisade fencing, to get rid of security guards
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has introduced palisade fencing, doing away with security guards, in a development expected to save the municipality about $1 million a year in overtime allowances. ...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
Traditional chiefs complain of political abuse
Traditional Chiefs in Zimbabwe has raised concerned over the continued political abuse of traditional leaders by some political parties especially during election periods.Speaking in Parliamen...Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 13:44hrs | | by Traditional Authorities Support Network
Govt must give Chiefs mandate to deal with moral decadence
Manicaland Senator Anthony Chimhini (MDC-T) has said government must give traditional leaders the mandate to deal with moral decadence that seems to be escalating in the country.He called for ...Published: 22 Mar 2016 at 05:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Traditional leaders not given respect- Senator complains
Manicaland Senator Judith Mawire (Zanu PF) moving a motion in parliament has complained that the Chiefs in the country were not being accorded the respect they deserve as there were a lot of illegal t...Published: 27 Feb 2016 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt launches clean-up to mark Unity Day
Government has launched a massive clean-up campaign as part of Unity Day commemorations today with a view to fight littering and environmental pollution countrywide.Speaking at a stakeholders'...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 07:40hrs | | by Samantha Chigogo
Govt urged to put measures to curb disability
A Government official yesterday told Parliament that disability could be lowered through putting in place measures against malnutrition, environmental pollution, poor hygiene, inadequate pre-nata...Published: 27 Aug 2014 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Funeral parlours contaminate drinking water
Funeral parlours, service stations, fuel holding depots and food processing plants have been dumping waste in the drinking water system countrywide.This has incensed a Cabinet Committee, which...Published: 09 May 2014 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Felex Share
'Ignorant' Tsvangirai blasted by residence for pointing fingers
The Harare Residents Trust, has made a blunt criticism of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who recently blamed the city's ...Published: 11 Jul 2012 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unilever, Delta, Coca-Cola responsible for polluting Zimbabwe city rivers
Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Management has named industries that are on the fore front of polluting the city’s water sources.The heap of waste le...Published: 17 Aug 2011 at 12:19hrs | 2 | by .
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