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7 Nov 2024
The successful restoration of the Monavale Vlei wetland in Zimbabwe
Since 2001, a small wetland restoration project in the capital of Zimbabwe, Harare, has been protecting water sources and biodiversity. On the 10th of October, Mongabay, an American conservation news portal, reported that thanks to the efforts of local organisations, the wetland area remains a provider of many ecosystem services, including water storage, groundwater recharge and water purification...
26 Jun 2024
Zimbabwe holds historic national workshop for the accession to UN water conventions
A national workshop for the accession to global water conventions was held on the 17th and 18th of June 2024 at Rainbow Towers Conference Centre in Zimbabwe as the country inches closer to complete the accession process. These global water conventions are: the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (the Water Convention) and the 1997 Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (the 1997 Watercourses Convention)...
22 May 2024
Zimbabwe on the road to acceding to global water conventions
Zimbabwe shares a total of five river basins with her riparian neighbours, namely the Buzi, Limpopo, Pungwe, Save and Zambezi Rivers and one international lake, i.e. Kariba dam. To foster closer cooperation for the sustainable, joint and co-ordinated management, protection and utilisation of shared water resources, Zimbabwe is party to a total of eleven (11) bilateral and multilateral water agreements...
22 Mar 2024
South Africa and Zimbabwe sign water sharing agreement
On the 14th of March, South Africa’s Minister for Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu and Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Dr Anxious Masuka signed an agreement for the transfer of treated water from Zimbabwe to South Africa. In terms of the agreement, the Beitbridge Water Treatment Works in Zimbabwe will supply Musina Local Municipality in South Africa with 15 million m³ of treated water per year...
5 Apr 2022 BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe
Bulawayo: Water-shedding Schedule Announced
Erratic rainfall, high demand combine to cause city council to impose water-shedding schedule on Bulawayo suburbs in order to curtail consumption. Human impact also believed to have negative impact on resources.
25 Feb 2022 MASVINGO, Zimbabwe
Greenbelt Project To Provide Irrigation For Masvingo Farms
Masvingo Greenbelt Project will provide irrigation for farms across Masvingo East by transporting water from Lake Mutirikwi through constructed canals.
3 Feb 2021 MAPUTO, Mozambique
Cyclone Displaces Thousands In Mozambique, Aid Workers Scramble To Cope
Aid workers are scrambling to help an estimated 175,000 people affected by Cyclone Eloise which ripped through the south of Mozambique recently, causing major devastation in the city of Beira and the surrounding Buzi district. According to reports by aid agencies and local media, more than 8,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged in Sofala province, with many thousands housed in emergency accommodation centres...
21 Jan 2021 HARARE, Zimbabwe
Human Rights Downside Of Zimbabwe's Pandemic Lockdown
Human rights groups have called on the Zimbabwean government to ensure access to clean water amid tightening COVID-19 lockdown restrictions across the country.The Zimbabwe Human rights NGO Forum (HR Forum) has expressed concern that the latest national lockdown, implemented 5 January, could further exacerbate “a lack of basic amenities such as water and health services”, and calls on the government to provide vulnerable communities with “food aid packages, allowances, and grants in addition to potable water”...
21 Jan 2021 LUSAKA, Zambia
Gender Equity Benefits of Piped Domestic Water In Sub-Saharan Africa
Women and girls in rural sub-Saharn Africa can benefit from up to 32 hours more time per month with availability of piped water supplies closer to home.This extra time dramatically improves the lives of women and girls, while also improving economic opportunities, food security and well-being for entire households, according to new research...
3 Jan 2021 HARARE
Zimbabwe Moves To Control Mercury Use In Mining Operations
Parliament has moved to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury, with legislators taking turns to condemn the use of the highly toxic element in gold extraction because of the serious environmental and health dangers it poses. Zimbabwe signed the convention in October 2013, but needed to ratify it through a parliamentary process to become a full party and be bound by its obligations...