The aim of this report is to gather evidence that will identify priorities and actions by stakeholders towards positively influencing, up scaling and accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment in Zimbabwe. The report consolidates information on gender gaps and drivers of inequality in human endowments, economic opportunities, ownership and control …
A 500-kilometre electric fence, feels Botswana, will keep most of its problems out. It is erecting the fence along its border with Zimbabwe to purportedly prevent cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease from crossing the border. The most recent outbreak was traced to Zimbabwe, with officials from the department of animal …
Zimbabwe's farmers and miners are fighting each other ever since the government embarked on its land reform programme. Before the reforms, most of Zimbabwe's small-scale mining was carried out on concessionary lands in large farms. Of late, several clashes have been reported as small-scale miners with fresh licences undertake prospecting …
Not surprisingly, strong anti-us sentiments were in evidence at the recently-concluded World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) at Johannesburg. One reason, of course, was the us refusal to sign the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, despite being the most polluting nation on Earth. Ehrlich A and Ehrlich P best described the sheer …
While Malawi has decided to mill genetically modified (gm) food from the us, Zambia is still resolute on its decision not to accept gm maize. Zimbabwe, on the other hand, has instituted a milling programme to ensure that none of the food aid it accepts is used for planting.
A new report of Panos Institute reveals that more than 330,000 Zimbabwean farm workers are reeling under problems of inadequate water supply, poor housing conditions, overcrowding and waste disposal. There are more than two million workers living in abject poverty on the country's commercial farms
Vaccines and tight controls on livestock movement would be used by Zimbabwe to combat an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease. "Instead of slaughtering the cattle, we will set up a taskforce consisting of government and industry officials. The taskforce would ensure that there is no movement of cattle, and vaccines …
AIDS activists are suing the South African government for its failure to distribute an anti-HIV drugs that could save the lives of about 35,000 newborn babies each year. The lawsuit will be filed by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), which played a leading role earlier this year in forcing multinational …
The government of Zimbabwe has given permission to cattle grazers to reside inside the Gonarezhou National Park. Environmentalists fear that this will result in large-scale poaching in the park, which is home to many endangered species of animals. The grazers have already started moving into the park. The permission comes …
Poachers are using widespread farm invasion as a pretext to kill Zimbabwe's rarest animal species, wildlife reserve officials and environmentalist stated. "The invasion of hundreds of farms and ranches and inaction on the part of the police have lead to an increase in poaching,' said Graham Connear, who runs a …
Zimbabwean soldiers are plundering the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( drc ), alleges John Makumbe of a corruption watchdog group. Zimbabwe has deployed almost 11,000-12,000 troops in drc since August 1998 to support president Laurent Kabila's government against the rebels in the civil war. "Others countries, …
community participation can work wonders , especially when it comes to tackling diseases like malaria. The Zimbabwe experience in recent years shows that, in what otherwise appears to be a hopeless situation, communities can reverse the fortunes of thousands of people susceptible to the disease. Also referred to as a …
the dense foliage around the Hwange Victoria Falls in north western Zimbabwe may soon be relegated to history if several species of hardwoods continue to disappear at the present rate. The booming tourism trade and the subsequent sale of curios made of wood is posing a grave threat to indigenous …
Pollution could be the cause of a distressing disease that is killing African elephants by paralysing their trunks. Experts from the uk have been called to investigate the disease, known as flaccid trunk paralysis, that leaves animals unable to feed. The origin of the disease is yet not known. However, …
The uk recently launched a polemic attack against Zimbabwe over its plans to seize all "white' farms, saying that London had fulfilled its obligations as a former colonial power and was "dismayed' that previous aid for land reforms had not been used productively. Tony Lloyd, minister of state at the …
Artemether, the drug used as the last line of defence against malaria is being widely used in Africa. But experts have cautioned that the drug should not be used until resistance to the traditional drug, quinine, becomes ineffective. By prescribing Artemether - mainly to wealthy patients - even before testing …
attitudes towards urban farming in Zimbabwe have been changing of late. Its potential to alleviate economic and environmental problems is being realised. Urban farming is the production of crops and the keeping of livestock on land that is administratively and legally zoned for urban uses. Although it has a relatively …
In June, for the first time, malaria control was included in the ;agenda of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Summit in Zimbabwe. ReportedN, nine out of 10 cases occur in sub- Saharan Africa. Campaigners called upon international organisations to cooperate in a 30-year old programme for developing measures to …
IN AN "Indian appeal" to thwart a South African proposal aimed at lifting the ban on international trade in rhino horns, nearly 250 Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed their support to 5,800 conservationists, NGO representatives and students. The appeal for the conservation of the rhinoceros was sent to the …
RESEARCHERS in Zimbabwe have found an effective way to deal with tsetse flies. The novel solution, which is simple, cost-effective, efficient and environ- ment-friendly, was first devised by the Rekomitjie research station in the Zambezi Valley in northern Zimbabwe. The research team discovered that tsetse flies are attracted by both …
