Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate
Agency overview
Preceding
  • Ministry of Environment and Tourism
JurisdictionGovernment of Zimbabwe
Minister responsible
Child agencies

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate is a government ministry, responsible for water resources management, rural development, climate and environment in Zimbabwe. The incumbent is Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu.[1] It oversees:

Zimbabwe National Water Authority

The Zimbabwe National Water Authority is a state-owned company which was formed in 2000 guided by the terms of the ZINWA Act (Chapter 20:25). ZINWA falls under the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement.[2]

Mission

  • To sustainably deliver quality water to all our communities whilst making strategic water infrastructure investments that facilitate human and economic development

Vision

To provide universal, safe and affordable water security

Environmental Management Agency

Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the sustainable utilization natural resources and protection of the environmental degradation. It is a parastatal under the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate. [3]

EMA was established under the Environmental Management Act (Chapter 20:27) of 2002. the Act was operationalized on 17 March 2003 through statutory Instrument 103 of 2003

EMA's Goals

A Clean safe and healthy environment, supporting an empowered society a sustainable growing economy by 2030

  1. to increase compliance with regulation and standards.
  2. to establish up to date baseline and data bases for environmental information.
  3. to raise environmental awareness.[4]
  4. to increase organisational capacity and maintain accountability, transparency and utilization of EMA resources,.[5]
  5. to increase stakeholder participation in environmental enforcement, projects and programs.
  6. to amend and develop a comprehensive body of legislation and formulate environmental quality standards.

References

  1. ↑ "President Mnangagwa announces new cabinet". 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Home Page 01 - Zinwa". Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Home". Environmental Management Agency of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Gerede, Kudzanai (25 January 2023). "Zimbabwe: EMA Slaps Gold Mine With Zw$ 500k Fine for Flouting Environment Laws". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Zimbabwe builds the capacity to manage antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance data". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 2 February 2023.



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