For years, women in parts of Mashonaland Central particularly in Mt Darwin and Rushinga lived a life dictated by water scarcity. As early as 3 a.m., long before the first cock crowed, women would leave their beds in darkness, balancing buckets and babies on their backs, to walk up to 15 kilometers in search of…
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Communities from mineral-rich areas across Zimbabwe have called for greater accountability, transparency and inclusion in the country’s growing critical minerals sector, raising concerns over land degradation, water shortages, pollution and alleged rights violations linked to mining activities. The concerns emerged during the two-day Annual National People’s Conference on Critical Minerals and Just Transitions held in…
For more than four years, elderly villagers in Mushenjere village have watched their farmland disappear behind the walls of a sprawling industrial complex owned by the Dinson Iron and Steel Company (DISCO), leaving many trapped in poverty, hunger, and uncertainty. What was once productive agricultural land sustaining generations of rural families has now become part…
Zvishavane, Zimbabwe – In the parched fields of rural Zvishavane, families are surving on picking tomatoes from @Sibusisiwe Nyakunhuwa’s farm, their buckets slowly filling under the hot sun. Nearby, a young boy balances a heavy pail of tomatoes on his head, walking beside his mother. For this family, and many others in southern Zimbabwe, tomatoes…
WOMEN in Mupambe village under Chief Saba in Binga have been left with smiles after a solar-powered water scheme ended years of walking up to 10 kilometres daily in search of water, a burden that had defined life for households in the drought-prone area. The transformation follows the rehabilitation of a long-failing borehole into a…
A climate resilience project implemented in Rushinga District has strengthened food security and improved livelihoods for vulnerable communities, with government pledging to build on the gains made through climate adaptation initiatives. The Integrated Climate Risk Management for Food Security and Livelihoods Project officially came to a close on Wednesday during a ceremony at Chishonja Village…
by Malvin Ngiza A young people led organisation, Teen Rescue Mission (TRM), through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) grant, is set to launch a life transforming poultry project which will benefit more than 60 youths in Chitungwiza and areas around as a way of saving them from social ills of drug and substance…
Harare, Zimbabwe, The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment, Climate and Wildlife has raised alarm over the Ministry’s failure to fully utilise its 2025 first-quarter budget, warning that the shortfall is crippling the delivery of key environmental and climate services. According to the committee’s report tabled in the National Assembly, the ministry was allocated ZWG$516.8 million…
Climate change is increasingly disrupting education systems worldwide, and school children in Zimbabwe are among those bearing the brunt of a crisis they did not create. Extreme weather events such as prolonged droughts, heatwaves and flooding are not only damaging school infrastructure but also widening inequalities in access to education, as funding gaps continue to…
