Author: Tatenda Chitagu
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Ahead of COP 27, Zimbabwe digs in on coal phase-out
By Tatenda Chitagu HARARE-As the world meets for the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) set for early next month, Zimbabwe has claimed an abrupt phasing out of coal will increase energy poverty among its 15 million inhabitants. The COP, organised almost each year by the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), will take…
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Accountability Lab Zimbabwe announces new call for applications
By HuMFOZ Reporter HARARE-The Accountability Lab Zimbabwe, an organisation that nurtures young civic leaders and social entrepreneurs working to address accountability challenges in their communities, has opened applications for its 2023 cohort. In a press statement, Accountability Lab communications officer Upenyu Makoni-Muchemwa said the new cohort will commence next January under the general theme “Global…
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Old rags in underwear: the sad tales of period poverty for Zimbabwe’s internally displaced persons
By Tatenda Chitagu The old tent that provides cover at a makeshift blair toilet for Martha Moyo in Nuanetsi Ranch is tattered and it is matter of time before it gives in to the vagaries of the weather. But Moyo, one of the 17 000 flood survivors from the basin of Zimbabwe’s biggest inland dam,…
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When aging becomes a ‘curse’ in Zimbabwe
By Tatenda Chitagu/Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE-The tolling bell marks lunchtime at Mucheke Old People’s home in Masvingo city, ending hours of sun basking for 18 elderly inmates at the institution nestled in the heart of the populous Mucheke High density suburb. While others trudge to the dining hall, which is about five meters away from…
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Masvingo mad gold rush: the aftermath, one year on
By Tatenda Chitagu WENDEDZO, MASVINGO-Two grubby boys in their mid-twenties are camoufloudged by the red soils while submerged in the massive pits and shafts that go deep down into the belly of the earth. For starters, this is the area where there was a mad gold rush in February last year that drew hundreds of…
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How an old sewage pump station is a threat to Zimbabwe’s second largest inland dam
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO-It is now like the proverbial black sheep in the family. This sums up the Masvingo City Council (MCC)’s old Rujeko sewage pump station, which is now not only a nuisance to the residents or the environment, but to the local authority as well. While the city is lauded in other areas…