Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
Our Place. Our Planet. Our Responsibility. This month, Harare joins the world in promoting a clean, safe and habitable environment by taking part in the Clean Up the World Campaign. Clean Up The World is an initiative that was started to help communities begin to take responsibility for the environment. With over 35 million volunteers
Monday, April 27th, 2015
Harare is well known for being strewn with litter, and illegal dumping spots along our verges are a common site. Residents can often be heard complaining about the mess. Fingers get pointed not only at the litter bugs,...
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
A new recycling company Clean and Green Zimbabwe was launched with a vision to maximize on recyclable recoveries. The organisation which was officially launched at the Miracle Missions monthly environmental meeting at the Highlands Presbyterian Church collects...
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Elizabeth Windsor Road in Marlborough is a busy thoroughfare with hundreds of motor vehicles and pedestrians using it every day. Besides a road, it seems that the traffic passing along it also sees it as something of...
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
City of Harare and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) yesterday launched their carnival clean-up programme at Africa Unity Square ahead of the Harare International Carnival next month. Speaking at the launch, His Worship Bernard Manyenyeni (pictured, center)...
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
The Mufakose residential area, one of the oldest ghettos in Harare, is taking steps towards its former glory, thanks to the Mufakose Cleanup Network (MCN). Once a hive of activity, Mufakose had lost its appeal due to...
Sunday, March 30th, 2014
Miracle Missions came together with local businesses and residents to clean up Kamfinsa Shopping Centre on Friday morning. The clean-up was attended by 112 people from different walks of life. Miracle Missions’ Sharon Hook explained, “We bring...
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
City of Harare’s Waste Management Department has unrolled its 5-year strategic action plan aimed at cleaning up the city by 2018. In its quest to achieve world-class city status by 2025, the council will clear up a...
Friday, January 10th, 2014
Stanford Rusenza’s house is about ten metres from the wide tar of Second Street extension where it makes a long but sharp turn to the right after the Lomagundi Road traffic lights. He is part of the...
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014
Litter in Zimbabwe has become part and parcel of people’s daily lives. Zimbabweans seem to accept the ubiquitous situation as normal. Various organisations and corporates have responded to the litter problem by doing clean-ups, but the question...