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Masvingo sees recycling boom as waste picking becomes lucrative business
Florence Chiwera (60), who founded the Masvingo Urban Recycling Club in 2008, is from one of Masvingo city’s low to middle income suburbs.
By Tatenda Chitagu
Oct. 15, 2023
Mimosa spends US$75m on waste clean-up
Mimosa is the country’s oldest platinum group of minerals producer with operations dating back to the 1920s.
By Tatenda Chitagu
Nov. 16, 2023
On the trail of lithium smugglers in southern Africa
Zimbabwe has Africa’s largest lithium reserves and is ranked one of the top 10 countries in the world producing the soft, silvery-white ore.
By Tatenda Chitagu and Andiswa Matikinca
Apr. 17, 2025
Asbestos dumps, toxic dust, and broken promises in abandoned Zvishavane, Mashava mines
People in Zimbabwe’s former asbestos mining towns are being left at risk of developing asbestos diseases that the public health system is ill-equipped to diagnose.
Behind Zim’s gold boom lies a toxic legacy of mercury pollution
Zimbabwe is a signatory to the Minamata Convention.
By Tatenda Chitagu
Jun. 7, 2026
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National Foods invests US$25m in local milling
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By Blessed Ndlovu and Concilia Mupezeni
Jun. 7, 2026
