Bulawayo – Gwanda road under threat from artisinal mining activity Just 8km from Gwanda Town towards Bulawayo, artisanal miners are carving in under the main tarred road creating a human…
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For a village in Nkayi, gold panners on the shores of their rivers are adding salt to a festering wound. In addition to being at the centre of socio-economic poverty…
Following the 2019 Zimbabwe Auditor General’s report on Local Authorities which showed that most local authorities in Zimbabwe lack capacity to adequately manage the environment in their jurisdictions owing to…
The government has been implored to assist local authorities with the construction of standard landfill sites in order to improve solid waste management. This call was made by Bulawayo-based Human…
Hwange which falls under the agro-ecological zone 4, characterised by high temperatures and low rainfall has been struggling in socio-economic development for the past few years, now nutritional gardens have…
A local quarry miner has pledged to use several methods to suppress the emission of dust and minimise noise while conducting its mining activities following protests by residents of Arcadia…
Petition to Parly on E-Waste Policy On 15 June 2021 the Speaker of Parliament announced to the House that they have received a petition from Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights…
Hwange residents and safari operators have come out guns blazing accusing Afrochine of double standards after the Chinese company began exploring the Deka Safari area while still conducting its Environmental…
A human rights watchdog, Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR), has petitioned the Parliament of Zimbabwe to enact a national e-waste policy in order to curb among other things international…
Without community involvement, gold licenses are landing in the hands of people bringing about social disruption and without a care for the environment. Mangwe villagers have known no peace since…