Peter Makwanya

3 weeks ago | southerneye.co.zw | Peter Makwanya |Sharon Sibindi |Nizbert Moyo |Silas Nkala

THE world of words is quite fascinating and mind-shattering. Words can be used as verbal bridges to provide knowledge and information to the world of green discourses. The same words can also be used as a wall to deny communicative access to the phrase bank of climate representations.

1 month ago | southerneye.co.zw | Peter Makwanya |Sharon Sibindi |William Vundla |Simbarashe Sithole

WHEN global climate goals were crafted, stakeholders believed they had come up with the right tonic and panacea for tackling global problems. Development stakeholders and practitioners came up with global goals, among them, the "goal of choice", SDG13-climate action, that has proved to be omnipresent and very important, within the climate development discourse. Climate action has to be inherently visible in all the other 16 goals for resilience building to take place.

2 months ago | southerneye.co.zw | Peter Makwanya |Silas Nkala |Sharon Sibindi |Farai Shawn Matiashe

AS the rain continues to pound different parts of the country and southern Africa, people quickly forget that these are the precious waters that we forever cherish. Water is life only when it is of the right quantities and precipitation. Sometimes rains come in large quantities, getting the earth saturated and leading to destructive flooding, property damage and displacement of people, creating a humanitarian crisis.