THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) aims to boost its revenue through various sustainability projects, ensuring the city benefits from carbon credits.Carbon credits represent a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, compensating for greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change.The United Nations allocates a certain number of credits to countries, which are responsible for issuing, monitoring, and…

Staff Writerin Bulawayo GOVERNMENT has urged stakeholders to accelerate the implementation of climate policies to mitigate the effects of climate change.Speaking at the launch of Bulawayo’s sustainability monograph, aimed at reducing 40 percent Emissions Per Capita, the minister of Environment, Sithembiso Nyoni, emphasised the need for action.“Zimbabwe, like the rest of the world, stands at…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has started preparations to implement an electronic billing system by the second quarter of this year to curb the current challenges faced in printing monthly bills.Speaking at an all-stakeholders meeting last Friday, the BCC finance director, Tennyson Mpunzi, said the council had scaled up efforts to implement the e-billing.This comes…

AGRICULTURAL experts have implored the government to rehabilitate and maintain supply dams in both rural and urban areas in a bid to maximise rainwater harvesting and storage. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday an agricultural technical expert from the Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (Orap) Thandazani Mkhwananzi said the government could utilize catchment…

TRADITIONAL leaders have urged the government to recognise the importance of indigenous knowledge systems in environmental preservation. Speaking at a stakeholders’ event in Hwange yesterday, Chiefs Council president, Mtshane Khumalo, emphasised that traditional leaders possess valuable knowledge to address environmental challenges. “Traditional leaders are custodians of indigenous knowledge systems, which are vital for local-level decision-making….