Zimbabwe: How Coal-Fired Power Stations Threaten Livelihoods of Hwange Community

Zimbabwe’s mineral wealth is a flick of nature; the earth packed with metal ores like gold, lithium, diamond, granite and coal along the vast seams in this part of the Southern African country. Throughout the colonial period, colonizers have exploited and extracted these mineral resources. Now, four decades after Zimbabwe attained its independence the resources remain vast.

With wealth like this, the country can be transformed. Undergoing rapid economic and infrastructure development that aids to…