Food crisis requires prompt action
High spending authorities must begin serious cutbacks to a range of luxuries, including expensive globe-trotting adventures and spending on fast cars.
By The Zimbabwe Independent
Mar. 8, 2024
The use of digital technologies in disaster response and mitigation
Ethiopia has made efforts to integrate digital technologies into disaster response and mitigation.
By Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Feb. 9, 2024
Strengthening civil society-State collaboration key to risk reduction
The cyclone also affected Masvingo and Mashonaland East provinces with Tsholotsho heavily affected in Matabeleland North.
By Tonderayi Matonho
Jan. 9, 2024
Traditional concepts key in alleviating El Niño effects
Many people blamed traditional beliefs for the disaster as communes refused to leave their ancestral homes.
By Admin
Jan. 5, 2024
Zim braces for another cyclone
Cyclone Idai also affected Masvingo and Mashonaland East provinces.
By Kenneth Nyangani
Jan. 3, 2024
‘Climate change killed thousands in 2023’
In March 2019, Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe, killing 634 people and leaving a trail of destruction estimated at US$550 million.
By Lorraine Muromo
Dec. 28, 2023
Loss and damage fund a boon for local victims of natural disasters
Victims of Cyclone Idai, which devastated eastern districts of Zimbabwe in March 2019 remain trapped in extreme poverty as they lack financial resources to rebuild their lives.
By Amh Voices
Dec. 17, 2023
Storms wreak havoc countrywide
Manicaland is still being haunted by Cyclone Idai which hit the province in 2019, leaving hundreds of people dead.
Social work’s vital role in tackling climate change
In disaster-prone regions, social workers serve an essential role in providing psychological support and rehabilitation to those affected by climate-related events.
By Paison Tazvivinga and Sharon Dzingai
Dec. 1, 2023