Harare, (New Ziana) – “National laws often define many traditional hunters as poachers, causing much local anger,” Ishmael Chaukura, a community leader in wildlife-rich Mbire district in Mashonaland Central Province in northern Zimbabwe, says. He continues: “I believe that national parks were created for the rich, who can still hunt in the parks, and do […]
Harare, (New Ziana) – Historically, agricultural production has been a major accelerator of Zimbabwe’s economy, heavily relying on large-scale commercial farming while smallholder subsistence farming faced stiff production challenges. During the 1980s and 90s, cotton richly paid for farmers, and was considered the country’s white gold, but this status declined over the years due to […]
By Eugenie Muchetu Harare (New Ziana)- In May this year, 42-year-old Rita Rore from Mt Hampden, about 20 kilometers northwest of the capital, was repeatedly struck with a hoe several times on the head and succumbed to the injuries sustained in the savage attack. The person who should have been her protector, her own husband, […]
Harare, (New Ziana) – Rural communities in Hurngwe, Mbire and Muzarabani districts in the Mid-Zambezi Valley have formed associations to fight deforestation through beekeeping, getting livelihood incomes and contributing to the national biodiversity economy in the process. Forests in the Mid-Zambezi Valley and other parts of Zimbabwe are under attack from illegal timber logging gangs […]