By Elishamai A Ziumbwa A group of enterprising women in Glenview has been praised by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) for revolutionising solid waste management through a grassroots recycling initiative that is transforming both the environment and their community’s fortunes. Speaking at the Community Water Alliance Brown
By Elishamai A Ziumbwa has intensified its efforts to ensure adherence to environmental laws, following alarming findings from its ongoing second-quarter nationwide compliance blitz. In a statement, the agency's Environmental, Education and Publicity manager Amkela Sidange said the agency conducted 4 896 inspections resulting in the issuance
By Elishamai A. Ziumbwa The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has called on businesses using large standby generators to get proper licences for their equipment to avoid penalties. In a statement, EMA provincial manager for Harare, Leon Mutungamiri said commercial property owners with standby generators over five kilovolt-amperes
By Edgar Gweshe The Zimbabwe Combined Residents and Ratepayers Association (ZICORRA) has written to the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) expressing its objection to developments taking place on a wetland area along Richwell Avenue, Meyrick Park in Mabelreign, Harare. ZICORRA claims that a small stream has
In a tragic incident, veldfires have claimed another life in Mashonaland West, bringing the total to two fatalities since the onset of the veldfire restriction period on July 1, 2024. The latest victim, an elderly woman from Silverstar Village 2 in Ward 9 of Mhondoro Ngezi
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has expressed concern over the proliferation of dumpsites in residential areas saying they have become breeding grounds for disease-causing vectors. In a statement, EMA Harare Metropolitan Provincial environment manager, Leon Mutungamiri emphasized the need for all stakeholders, including individuals, corporations, communities,
EMA had said the fixed penalty of (ZWL$100 000), is prescribed in terms of Section 64 of the Environmental Management Authority Act
The City of Harare will from Monday next week start issuing tickets to individuals and shop owners who throw litter outside undesignated points. This was revealed by the City’s Chief Security Officer, Dr. Collen Tongoona. He said shop owners or business operators found with litter on
The Harare Wetlands Trust (HWT) engaged the Ministry of Environment, climate Change, Tourism and International Trade to put forward submissions on wetlands protection
As the destruction of wetlands continues in Harare, calls have been made for the amendment of the country’s Environmental Management Act to limit powers of the responsible Minister. By Edgar Gweshe Under Zimbabwe’s Environmental Management Act, the responsible Minister has powers to allow or stop developments on
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