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Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Mr Pfungwa Kunaka By Dickson Bandera Artisanal and Small Scale Miners across the country are set to benefit from a US$10 million Mining Fund established by the Government of Zimbabwe as efforts to capacitate this anchor sector and ultimately boost gold deliveries to the Fidelity…
Minister of Environment, Climate and Wildlife Honourable Mangaliso Ndlovu. By Dickson Bandera Zimbabwe will host a three-day Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) Africa Regional Workshop in Victoria Falls in 2024 following a successful bid to host the prestigious event submitted earlier by government. The development was announced during a Cabinet briefing today by the Minister…
Minister of Mines and Mining Development Honourable Zhemu Soda By Dickson Bandera The global rise in demand for lithium and battery minerals has presented Zimbabwe with a number of investment opportunities which need to be taken up by local and foreign investors, the Minister of Mines and Mining Development Hon Zhemu Soda has said. Minister…
Roxy at her Sanctuary-Wild is Life By Donald Chakamanga “Moyo was the first elephant to come into my care, and my only goal when she came to me was just to keep her alive,” says a 57-year-old Zimbabwean wildlife rehabilitator, Roxy Dancwert. Roxy’s love for the welfare of animals has seen her invest a substantial…
Hwange Thermal Power Station By Dickson Bandera Zimbabwe will soon start the upgrade of Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 1 to 6 as the country continues to tackle power shortages towards energy sufficiency. Recently, government completed the $1.5 billion Hwange expansion project which saw the construction of two more coal-fired units 7 and 8, whose…
Minister Zhemu Soda addressing participants at the workshop in Masvingo By Herbert Zisengwe The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is operating in line with Vision 2030 as it drives towards the 12 billion mining industry by the end of the year 2023. This was said by the Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Honorable…
The rehabilitation of the Kariba dam is part of the European Union’s “Global Gateway” initiative designed to tackle the most pressing global challenges in a sustainable way By George Swarei The European Union recently celebrated the Rehabilitation of the Kariba dam as a flagship project of its Global Gateway initiative. During a tour of The…
President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa By Godwin Makoho President Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged world leaders to put more effort on tackling the adverse impact of Climate Change. The world is now warming faster than at any point in recorded history and this has forced the world to come together for action. Warmer temperatures over time are…
Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu By Dickson Bandera After the discovery of the damage to the Ozone layer in the 80s, commitment by governments to repair the damage was demonstrated by the speed at which countries subscribed to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of 1989. The Montreal Protocol sought to collaborate…
The Zimbabwe Biodiversity Economy Study Report launched in Harare recently. Picture by John Cassim, ConserveZim By Dickson Bandera Government is making frantic efforts to fully integrate biodiversity into the national economic plan as the drive to an Upper Middle Class Economy by the year 2030 has gathered momentum. After years of subdued economic growth, Zimbabwe’s…