At the Mushandike Irrigation Scheme in Masvingo, farmers go to rest after a day’s work in the fields. The air hums with new promise – their farms were not this healthy and food-certain two years ago. So much has changed. Yeukai has been farming in the Mushandike Irrigation Scheme since 1994, the year she married…
A rapid transition from El Niño-driven drought to La Niña-related extreme weather has left approximately 1.9 million people across Southern Africa in need of assistance, a new report shows. According to the latest impact snapshot released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), since mid-December 2025, persistent heavy rains and…
Staff Writer The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) says severe weather conditions, characterised by high-intensity rainfall and violent windstorms, have claimed the lives of 89 people across Zimbabwe during the 2025/26 season. As the country enters its peak rainfall period, the CPU warned that these escalating climate events continue to pose a significant risk to life,…
Rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall have reshaped Zimbabwe’s climate, with droughts now striking every two to three years instead of once a decade. This has resulted in 2.7 million rural Zimbabweans facing recurrent food insecurity. As the global climate crisis accelerates, hitting the South earliest and hardest, humanitarian responses are evolving from short-term relief…
Current climate pledges by governments have resulted in only a marginal reduction of the projected global temperature increase this century, leaving the world on a path to a serious escalation of climate risks and damages, a new report shows. The warning comes in the latest Emissions Gap Report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), issued on Tuesday ahead of the COP30 climate conference which opens…
Nearly 80% of the world’s poor, 887 million people, live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and other climate hazards, a new report shows, highlighting the urgent need for global action to address the issue. The report released on Friday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford University ahead of the COP30 climate…
The Minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, says Zimbabwe is targeting 100% adoption of the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme in the 2026 farming season to combat climate change impacts. The Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme uses conservation agriculture (planting basins, mulching) to ensure long-term, sustainable food security, even amid extreme weather. Speaking at the official opening of the 4th African Plant…
Staff Writer Over 40% of Zimbabwe’s rural households lack knowledge of climate change, a critical gap in a nation already grappling with a food security crisis exacerbated by extreme weather events, a new report shows. According to the findings from the 2025 Rural Livelihoods Assessment, there is urgent need for enhanced awareness and educational programs…
As rising heat waves, floods, and droughts push Africa’s health systems to the brink, governments, innovators, and partners are charting a new path to protect the continent’s most vulnerable communities. At a two-day regional workshop in Nairobi, convened by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF),…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a €3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support a regional initiative aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness across the Southern African Development Community (SADC), specifically in Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Launched today in Nacala, Mozambique, the project titled: “Strengthening SADC Preparedness: Supporting…
