Category: Environment and Disasters
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Malawi in emotional appeal for help as Cyclone Freddy death toll reaches 225
By Tatenda Chitagu MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA– “A friend in need is a friend indeed!” This is the emotional appeal for help by Malawi to fellow African countries following the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy, which has left hundreds dead, thousands injured, missing or displaced without food, shelter, and water. Cyclone Freddy tore through Malawi and…
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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…