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Council engages bus operators, police to move buses back to Mucheke Terminus

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Council engages bus operators, police to move buses back to Mucheke Terminus
Mucheke bus terminus

 Wayne
Ncube

MASVINGO– Masvingo City Council has engaged bus operators and Zimbabwe
Republic Police (ZRP) to enforce the council resolution that buses operating from
undesignated points in the Central Business District (CBD) move back to Mucheke
Bus Terminus with immediate effect.

The resolution which was made in a full
council meeting held on Monday, May 31, came after council agreed that buses
loading from undesignated places were fuelling disorder and open defecation.

Masvingo Mayor, Cllr Collen Maboke moved
council to resolve to order all buses including ZUPCO buses to operate from
Mucheke Bus Terminus, since the makeshift termini around the CBD are becoming a
health time bomb.

“The makeshift terminus near Benjamin
Burombo building where travellers are using the bush behind that government
complex as ablution facilities is a health time bomb,” said Maboke.

Ward 1 Councillor, Selina Maridza also said
council was failing to enforce its by-laws and should order all buses operating
from undesignated points to move to Mucheke Bus Terminus.

Acting Town Clerk Edward Mukaratirwa told
TellZim that he had given Chamber Secretary, Vitalis Shonhai the directive to
communicate with operators today (June 1).

Shonhai said they are already engaging with
bus operators, that they notify their drivers to move to Mucheke Bus Terminus
and that they had involved the police to help them enforce the resolution..

“We are engaging with the bus operators to
inform them about the directive. We also have already engaged with ZRP who will
help us to make sure that the buses are no longer operating in the CBD.

“We will also inform the public about the
directive so that there will be order in the execution of the instruction,”
said Shonhai.

Bus drivers who spoke to TellZim News
however said that they were unaware of the directive since no official
communication had been relayed to them.

“We are still normally operating at our
usual points because we are not aware of the council directive and council
police has not informed us about the directive to move to Mucheke Terminus,”
said one of the drivers.

A traveller who was at the terminus
adjacent to Benjamin Burombo building however said the directive was not considerate
of travellers as Mucheke Bus Terminus is not a conducive place to wait for a
bus, with dirty toilets and also far for those who would be carrying luggage.

“The directive is not fair to us passengers
because the Mucheke terminus is no a conducive place to wait for buses as it is
dirty and the toilets have deteriorated and it will be a disadvantage for some
of us carrying luggage as it is a far place,” the traveller said.

Zupco kombi operators urged to stop overloading

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Zupco kombi operators urged to stop overloading

Zupco Kombis in Masvingo


 Kimberly Kusauka

Commuter omnibuses
are regarded as a
hotspot for Covid-19
since passengers are often
overloaded in violation
of Covid-19 regulation of
maintaining a distance of one
meter between individuals, it
has been said. 

This came out during
a Covid-19 response press
discussion organized by
TellZim and held at Charles
Austin Theatre on May 27. 

Masvingo Provincial Covid-19
Taskforce spokesperson
Rogers Irimayi said commuter
omnibuses commonly known
as kombis were possible
hotspots of the virus as
operators were largely defying
government directives on the
loading of passengers. 

“Many operators are not
sticking to the passenger limits
prescribed by government and
are overloading. That is not
allowed and it is the duty of us
citizens to report such cases or
to refuse to be packed in those
kombis,” said Irimayi. 

He said that it was due to
the fact that Masvingo was a
small city where travelling to
the furthest point could take
10 minutes in average traffic
that there was no many cases
of transmission of the virus in
kombis.

“That is the advantage that
we have a s a city. We don’t
spend a lot of time on the
kombi seats because it may
take only some 10 minutes
before you disembark from the
kombi. It would probably be
a different case if we needed
to travel longer distances and
spend more time squeezing
each other while packed in the
kombis,” said Irimayi.

He said it was also fortunate
that Zupco kombis were getting
fumigated on a daily basis
before they start commuting
so as to curb the spread of
Covid-19 as confirmed by
Irimayi. 

“Zupco kombies are fumigated
every day before they start
commuting so as to curb the
spread of Covid-19. That helps
a lot in minimising the risk
of spreading the virus among
commuters on vehicles that
carry people the whole day,”
Irimayi said. 

Zupco Masvingo depot
manager Wiseman Zuweni
said all Zupco-affiliated public
utility vehicles were obligated
to sanitize passengers. 

“Passengers are sanitized at
the door upon entry. This does
not mean to say our operators
must overload; they must stick
to the loading limits that have
been set by government so
that there is sufficient social
Zupco kombi operators urged to stop overloading
distancing,” said Zuweni. 

Masvingo United Residents and
Ratepayers Alliance (Murra)
spokesperson Godfrey Mtimba said
government must enforce loading
limits on Zupco which the government’s
own company. 

“Zupco kombis are a cause for
serious concern because they are
doing as they like. There is hardly
any social distancing. It’s now even
more frightening in light of the many
Covid-19 cases that have been recorded
at Bondolfi Teachers’ College,” said
Mtimba.

Only six people register to vote in May – ZEC

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Only six people register to vote in May – ZEC

 George Chimwayange 

The Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission (Zec) has
been open for voter
registration since the end of the
2018 harmonised elections except
during the hard lockdown period,
the local office of the electoral
management body has said. 

The Deputy Provincial Election
Officer (PEO) Maxwell Ncube said
not as many people as would be
wanted were coming to register
to vote due to attitudes that make
them want to register at the 11th
hour.

“Only six people were recorded
since the beginning of May;
three women and three men. Our
statistics show that people are not
registering and some of them end
up transferring to other areas. The
major problem is that people want
to do things at the last minute,”
said Ncube.

He said Zec will soon be going
on outreach programmes to
encourage people, especially
youth and women, to vote. 

TellZim spoke to one youth Stefan
Nhongo who said he was not even
aware that people were already
registering for 2023 elections . 

“There is not enough awareness
in the province on the registration
and we do not even know where to
find the offices,” said Nhongo.

Vanessa Mashuro, a Mucheke
resident, said most people were
not aware that the local Zec offices
were open and were registering
people for the fast-approaching
2023 harmonised elections.

“People do not know where
the offices are located and we
usually register when they have
announced that there are elections
happening, and when registration
centres are opened everywhere,”
said Mashuro.

The youth suggested that there
should be much more awareness
programmes so that apathetic
people especially the youth can
develop more interest in electoral
activities.

Covid-19 taskforce fights vaccine infodermic

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Covid-19 taskforce fights vaccine infodermic

 

Rogers Irimayi Masvingo provincial taskforce’s spokesperson

Terrence Ndowora

The Masvingo Provincial Covid-19 Taskforce is committed to fighting misinformation on the Covid-19 vaccination so as to improve acceptance of the programme among citizens, it has been said.

The taskforce’s spokesperson, Rogers Irimayi, who also chairs the Risk Communication Subcommittee of the taskforce, said much of the misinformation, known in contemporary terminology as ‘infodermic’, was mostly prevalent on social media.

“At first, the vaccination programme was given poor reception as people had doubts about the vaccine’s efficacy and due to many conspiracy theories being cooked up. A lot of unhelpful social media content was circulated, leading to hesitancy among the people. For example, a wild theory that vaccination would lead to a wipe-out of the Black race was propagated on social media,” said Irimayi.

He said this during a Covid-19 response, resource mobilisation and distribution discussion organised by TellZim and the Civic Centre on May 27.

He said he was pleased that there was now a ‘rush’ for vaccines among the general populace as people become more informed about the motive of the vaccination programme and the efficacy of the vaccines being used.

“As a taskforce, we are doing everything we can to make sure that correct information concerning vaccination programme is being disseminated. Of late, there has been an increase in the number of people visiting health centres to get vaccinated. That makes us excited because we know that our efforts to communicate the right messages are having a positive effect,” said Irimayi.

He urged people to make good use of social media platforms by sharing truthful information about vaccines and the vaccination programme rather than spreading fake news.

“People should explain the importance of vaccines rather than ‘cook’ fake theories that do more harm than good to the people,” said Irimayi.

Vaccination uptake in Masvingo province has tremendously increased, with 37 245 people having received their first doses, while 18 736 people had received their second doses as on May 26.

MDC Alliance Chikomba official’s house burnt down

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MDC Alliance Chikomba official’s house burnt down
The house that was destroyed by fire

 Tracy Fuzha

CHIVHU
– In a suspected case of political violence, MDC- Alliance spokesperson for
Chikomba West, Noel Kureva’s three-bedroomed house in Ward 20 was burnt on
Saturday afternoon by unknown persons.

The
incident happened at around 15:00hrs when no one was at home, but with property
and food worthy US$2 500 being destroyed.

Important
documents and property including sofas, television sets, radio sets, cement,
maize, groceries, bicycles and blankets were burnt.

Mashonaland
East provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tendai Mwanza was not reached for
a comment as his mobile phone was not reachable by the time of writing.

A
close source who preferred his identity to be kept anonymous for fear of possible
victimisation told TellZim that the incident follows many threats against
Kureva by some Zanu PF activists who demanded that he should vacate his plot.

“We
suspect that the house was burnt down by Zanu PF members who have been
threatening him to vacate the plot where he stays. My question to this case is
whether the land belongs only to Zanu PF and those who are loyal to it.

“We
understand the land belongs to every Zimbabwean and everyone has a right to the
land and we must not fight over it but we must rather develop it,” said
the source.

The
source said opposition supporters in the area were worried with the increasing
number of political violence in their area.

“We
are worried with the increasing numbers of politically related violence in our
district and the province at large. We are no longer safe and we are having
sleepless nights in fear of being victimised,” he said.

MDC
Alliance Mashonaland East provincial spokesman Chengetai Murowa said the party was
concerned about the increasing cases of political violence in the province.

He
said the matter has been reported to the police and they are investigating the
matter.

Murowa
said his party was also worried about the continued harassment of MDC Alliance
supporters by suspected Zanu PF activists especially during campaign time.

“One
of our activists in Chikomba West had his house burnt by fire and we are
suspecting members from the Zanu-PF party in the area.

“A
police report was made and the police have started their investigations. However,
we totally condemn this political violence as we start campaigning towards 2023
polls. Police should act upon this criminality and catch up with such
undemocratic perpetrators who are against peace and development.

“Burning
someone’s house is against our culture and as such the law should take its
course,” Marowa said.

Masvingo Volleyball Association preps for Zimbabwean Open Qualifiers

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Masvingo Volleyball Association preps for Zimbabwean Open Qualifiers
Triangle Parrots in green vs Telone hwaks in white and blue

Blessed Chauke

Volleyball
teams from Masvingo have commenced preparations towards the return of action
which will see them take part in the Zimbabwean Open Qualifiers tournament that
is going to be played next month.

The
games will be played in three regions to decongest venues and Masvingo will
host teams from the Manicaland province while other clubs from the remaining
provinces will be stationed in Harare and Bulawayo.

This
comes after a call from Zimbabwe Volleyball Association (ZVA) for clubs to
register with provincial associations for them to be able to contest in the
qualifiers.

Chairperson
of the Masvingo Volleyball Association, Clemence Muzondo said they are
targeting to register as many clubs as possible for the tourney’s qualifiers since
it brings together top Zimbabwean volleyball clubs.

“We
are going to register for The Zimbabwean Open Qualifiers since it brings all
top sides together and our clubs will gain more experience. Clubs will assess
their performance against other clubs and it is only this one tournament which
brings volleyball teams together.

 “As of now we are not sure how many teams that
are going to register for the tournament and since it is an open tournament any
club is welcome to participate. The regular participants we have now are GZU
Elders, Telone Hawks and Triangle Parrots,” said Muzondo.

Muzondo
said that due to the lockdown, clubs failed to take part into any practice
matches and the only opportunity which they got this year was too far and
expensive for Masvingo based sides.

“Due
to the Covid-19 restrictions, we have not played any games this year. The Victoria
Falls Open was played last weekend but many teams failed to attend, only Telone
Hawks women’s team managed to attend the tournament while others failed due to financial
problems because the trip was very expensive,’’ he said.

Muzondo
also said that the pandemic had also affected their local competition and
forced them to shelve it.

“Because
of the Covid-19 restrictions, we faced a lot of problems especially socio
economics as players and management. Our game time for players has been negatively
affected and the association could not hold any competitions.

“However,
we are also taking advantage of some restrictions to put our house in order and
prepare for the coming season. We are also appealing to the corporate world to
partner Masvingo Volleyball Association to help grow our sports,” he said.

Pardon
Jinya who is the coach of Masvingo College volleyball team popularly known as
Christian Pirates said they are not sure of their participation in the Zimbabwe
Open Qualifiers since their team stand guided by authorities on the way
forward.

“Ours
is a school team and it is sponsored by Masvingo Christian College, so we are
not sure if we will travel for The Zim Open Qualifiers tournament. There has
not been much action since we all know that sport had been banned because of
COVID-19.

“We
last played games a long time ago and as you are aware of, sporting activities
have been in schools and as a result we are not sure whether we will register
for the Open tournament or not,” said Jinya.

Covid-19 pandemic worsens access to sanitary wear

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Covid-19 pandemic worsens access to sanitary wear
Herbert Chikosi

 Kimberly Kusauka/ Pepetua
Murungweni

A
crisis of lack of sanitary wear for women and girls has notably increased
partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has worsened poverty levels in
communities, it has been observed.

Colloquially
referred to ‘period poverty’, the problem is endemic in rural areas where the
country’s poorest live, but unemployment and job lay-offs due to the
pandemic-induced lockdowns have seen the problem getting more pronounced in
urban areas too.

Speaking
at a Menstrual Health Management conference held in Masvingo recently, Zimbabwe
National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) Marketing Officer Herbert Chikosi said
many girls lacked access to dignified sanitary wear.

“Girls
experience lack of appropriate sanitary products and a conducive environment
where they can manage their period in a dignified manner, and this forces many
girls to skip school,” said Chikosi.

Speaking
to TellZim News later on, Chikosi with support from Plan international Chiredzi
and Divine Trust, ZNFPC was distributing sanitary pads to young girls and was also
making reusable sanitary pads at their Tshovani Youth Centre.

“As
ZNFPC, we are getting assistance from Plan International Chiredzi and Divine
Trust and we are distributing pads to young girls and also making reusable pads
at Tshovani Youth Centre,” said Chikosi.

He
said the organisation was training young girls on making reusable sanitary pads
on their own so that they are able to deal with period poverty in the Covid-19
pandemic situation.

“We
are training young girls to make reusable pads on their own so that they are
well-equipped to curb the period poverty especially during this pandemic,”
said Chikosi.

To
celebrate Mother’s Day, ZNFPC offered free family planning services which
include Jadelle, Implanon and Sayana Press for the whole week.

To
help fight the secrecy and stigma around menstruation, ZNFPC is now including
men in menstrual health management dialogues.

Zaka Central CDF mess: 500 bags of cement meant for clinic go to waste

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Zaka Central CDF mess: 500 bags of cement meant for clinic go to waste

The bags of cement, which were being kept in a bar at Mbuyamaswa business centre

Brighton
Chiseva

ZAKA
–
There is an outcry in Zaka Central after some 500 bags of cement meant for
Mbuyamaswa Clinic dried up due to what many feel to be a case of negligence and
poor management, TellZim can report.

The bags of cement,
which were being kept in a bar at Mbuyamaswa business centre,
were bought using money allocated under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF)
disbursement programme in 2018.

Zaka Rural District Council
(RDC) Ward 9 Councillor Moses Mutandavari confirmed the wastage saying the
cement could not be used in time as there was no money to pay workers.

He said the Ministry of
Health and Childcare promised to provide money to pay workers who would plaster
the building but the promises did not materialise.

 “The cement dried up since the workers stopped
working because they had not been paid. As a community, we used to mobilise our
own resources to pay the workers but it became more difficult with the Covid-19
outbreak and the resultant lockdown.

“We then had a meeting
with the Ministry of Health representatives together with Assistant District
Development Coordinator Mr. Zinanga and they promised us that the ministry was
going to take over all the work,” said Mutandavari.

He said the builders
could not continue as they had not been paid for the work that had already been
done.

When contacted comment,
Zaka District Health Services Department Administrator Eliah Zimbwa
acknowledged that the ministry had promised to commit some resources but had
not expected the community to stop its own resource mobilisation efforts.

 “The ministry of health is supposed to fund
the project but we did not stop them from finishing up what they had started
because it was their project. The ministry came in to help the community and
they should continue working until the treasury releases some funds,” said
Zimbwa.

Assistant Zaka District
Development Coordinator (DDC) Victor Zinanga said he could not speak to the media
and referred questions to his boss Memory Dhliwayo who did not answer her
phone.

However, Zaka District
Medical Officer (DMO) Dr Mutero Mupereki said he was not sure about the actual
number of bags that had dried up saying the community failed to handle the
cement properly.

He said the community
was wrongly blaming the Ministry of Health for the loss when the people
themselves refused to lend the cement to Bailzone Mining Company which had
promised to replace the cement later on.

“I was indeed informed about
cement which dried up at Mbuyamaswa Clinic. People blame us but the contractors
and the community failed to utilize the cement in time. The structure was ready
for roofing but they could have prioritised plastering over roofing.

“At first, I talked to
a mining company called BailZone, which was prospecting in the Chiromo area, to
use the cement and replace it when we were ready to use it. I was later told
that the option was no longer viable as they were ready to use the cement. I
then told BailZone that we could no longer give them the cement, only to be
told later that the cement had dried up,” said Mupereki.

When contacted for
comment, Zaka Central Member of Parliament (MP) Davison Svuure said he is not
aware of any cement that dried up in his constituency.

“I have not heard of
any cement that dried up, who told you about that,” said Svuure.

Svuure’s predecessor, Paradzai
Chakona, who initiated the project when he was still MP, said it was painful
that such critical resources had gone to waste.

“I initiated the
construction of three clinics in Zaka Central and the other two are almost
complete while this particular one is still a long way to go. I am very disappointed
to hear that the cement was left to dry-up,”said Chakona.

Some community members
said Svuure had told people to stop contributing towards the payment of
workers, promising that he would source the money from government.

“Something similar
happened at the Four Miles Clinic project where community contributions were
paid back with promises that government would do the job. But there has never
been progress ever since,” claimed one community member.

Zaka district is one of
the most underdeveloped districts in the province where many people still
travel more than 10km to the nearest health facilities and schools.

The district has seen a
number of clinics being constructed in the past few years and most of them are
near completion.

In Zaka Central
constituency, three clinics namely Four Miles, Mbuyamaswa and Tovane are under
construction.

…
as clinic project faces new challenges

The Mbuyamaswa Clinic
project, whose construction has been on hold since last year owing to the
lockdown and none payment of wages, is now facing new challenges related to
roofing material specifications needed for the release of new funding.

The project, which was
initiated by the community, got funding from the government through the Ministry
of Health and Child Care and the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and
National Housing.

Zaka District Medical
Officer (DMO) Dr Mutero Mupepereki told TellZim that the Ministry of Health and
Child Care could not provide new funding unless the Department of Public Works
specified what was needed at every stage of construction.

“We do to work alone as
a ministry. We work with government departments in other ministries, and in
this case, we work with the Public Works department which knows what is needed.
Our job is just to procure what would have been recommended by the department,”
said Mupereki.

He said he was not sure
as to when the work could resume at the project since the Department of Public
Works had not provided the bill of quantities as yet.

“I am not sure when
construction will continue. Right now, we are waiting for the list of materials
so that we do the quotations,” Mupepereki said.

A source, however, said
the Department of Public Works had no skilled manpower to draw the list of what
was now needed.

“The clinic will not be
completed any time soon because there are no carpenters and other artisans who
can quantify the requirements and give the list to the Ministry of Health.
Judging by the tiresome bureaucracy in government offices,
the procurement will most likely take a lot more time,” said the source.

Civil servants belong to Zanu PF, says Minister

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Civil servants belong to Zanu PF, says Minister
Clemence Chiduwa

 Cephas Shava

MWENEZI
–
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development Clemence Chiduwa recently
declared that all government workers belonged to the ruling Zanu PF party and
they are under obligation to support the party.

However, Section 200
(5) of the national constitution obligates political neutrality for all civil
servants.

Chiduwa expressed his
sentiments to invited heads of government departments and Zanu PF structures
who gathered for the party’s inter-district meeting which was held at Rutenga
growth point’s Council Hall on Saturday, May 22.

In a bold-worded
statement during his address, Chiduwa declared and bragged that in other
districts of the province, civil servants had been chanting Zanu PF slogans at
various gatherings for a long time.

“All government
workers are working for Zanu PF. In my own home area of Zaka, government
workers are now fully-aware that whenever there is a gathering, they stand and
chant our party slogans because they are working for Zanu PF.

“Here in Mwenezi, we
are looking forward to a situation whereby government workers know that they
are working for Zanu PF,” said Chiduwa.

During his address, the
Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs, Ezra Chadzamira who preached
the gospel of development and unity in line with the policy of devolution, also
maintained that government workers belong to Zanu PF.

Chadzamira pointed out
that, with 25 000 hectares having already been identified in Mwenezi, vast
tracts of land with capacity to feed the whole nation will be put under
irrigation.

He said all
stakeholders needed to work together so as to achieve President Emmerson
Mnangangwa’s Vision 2030.

The Inter-district
meeting, which was attended by several Zanu PF provincial bigwigs, also had former
MDC Alliance heavyweight Tongai Matutu in attendance.

During his own remarks,
Matutu lambasted the opposition party and pledged to recruit several MDC
Alliance supporters to Zanu PF.

USAID moves to empower communities surrounding wildlife corridors

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USAID moves to empower communities surrounding wildlife corridors

 

…injects millions of dollars towards resilience in
seven wards

Beatific Gumbwanda

CHIREDZI – The United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) has pumped in US$19 million to help communities living in wildlife
corridors and protected areas surrounding Save Valley Conservancy, Gonarezhou
and Bubye sin Chiredzi and Bikita districts.

This has been done to help the communities manage
their resources and draw economic benefits from those resources thereby
reducing their vulnerability to climatic shocks and economic stresses.

The project somehow fills the gap left when the European
Union (EU) withdraw its US$15 million funding for the Save Valley Conservancy
project in early 2020, citing lack of progress due to the absence of political
goodwill.

The Save Valley Conservancy project was aimed at
creating a wildlife corridor to separate wildlife and landless communities who
occupied parts of the park.

With Resilience Anchors, people in Bikita Rural
District wards 24 and 26; Chiredzi wards 1 and 23; and Chipinge 30 and 29 will
benefit in capacity building towards management and protection of their resources
for economic benefit.

The US$19 million resilience project was launched last
week through a programme dubbed Accelerating New Community-based Holistic
Outcomes for Resource Sustainability (Resilience Anchors).

The five-year-long project is aimed at reducing the chronic
vulnerability to climatic shocks and economic stresses of those living in
communities around protected areas and associated wildlife corridors.

USAID says Resilience Anchors can provide economic
opportunities for vulnerable communities to improve their ability to cope with
and recover from shocks while conserving the natural resource base for
sustainable livelihoods.

Speaking at the launch of the project, Principal
Administrative Officer in the office of the Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC),
Edmore Mangure, who stood for the PDC Dr Jasper Sakupwanya, said the initiative
will go a long way in empowering the beneficiary communities.

“In for years, wildlife corridors and protected areas
will be anchors of development, meaning they will provide opportunities for the
vulnerable communities in our province. Simply put, this means the project will
improve the quality of life for Masvingo community.

“The role of this project is to reduce community’s
chronic vulnerability to climatic shocks and economic stresses. Masvingo is
blessed with wildlife and vast tracts of vegetation. However, these species are
at risk as the human population around protected areas grows,” said Mangure.

He said there were many threats to wildlife and to
people living around protected areas and these include poaching, illegal
wildlife trade, human-wildlife conflicts, unreliable revenue streams,
unreliable water sources and minimum private sector investment.

“Disasters hurt the poor and vulnerable the most.
Resilience Anchors, as the project name says, seeks to put resilience at the
heart of our communities. An important way to achieve this is through
community-based management programs for the poor and vulnerable,” said Mangure.

African Wildlife Foundation, which is the lead
implementing partner for Save Valley Landscape, was represented by projects
manager Serial Moyo who expressed optimism in Resilience Anchors’ potential to turn
things around for the better.

“When we look at economic benefits, we are looking at livelihoods.
We are looking at how we can help strengthen communities so that they are not
susceptible to these (climatic) shocks and when these shocks happen, people are
resilient. They are able to withstand, absorb, adapt and transform their
communities. That is the objective of the Resilience Anchors project.

“We can effectively use the natural resource heritage we
have by applying good governance and oversight and thus build resilience within
our communities. We intent to work with our communities to ensure there is an
understanding of good land-use practices,” said Moyo.

The project’s key objectives are centred on the
improvement of economic benefits from strengthened community-level resource
governance and oversight of conservation enterprises.

It also aims to increase sustainable and sufficient
supplies of quality water to meet human, economic and ecosystem need, as well
as strengthening locally-led development and private sector engagement.

 

 

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