Photos Ubuntu PhotoNews: Soil Poaching, Urban Farming Menace on Zimbabwe’s Water Bodies 1 of 8 Sand poaching in Zimbabwe has led to massive siltation in Harare's water bodies like Lake Chivero. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu TimesHeaps of mined gravel soil shown at a degraded place in Harare. A mini maize field in a high density suburb of Harare the Zimbabwean capital, Glen Norah, stands out ready for harvest despite council bylaws prohibiting urban farming in Zimbabwe. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu TimesUrban maize ready for harvest on an urban field in Harare. Hill in Warren Park a high density suburb in Harare the Zimbabwean capital, has been chewed away by gravel soil diggers, with gravel soil remains to be later on washed away by rains into water bodies. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu TimesDegraded land following gravel soil digging in Harare. A maize field right by the road side showing maize ready for harvest despite the grown maize obscuring vehicles on the road. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu Times.Roadside maize field in Harare. Land degradation which is leading to the siltation of Zimbabwe's water bodies, is getting worse and worse across towns and cities. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu TimesA huge pit following gravel soil poaching, with a makeshift church shade hanging perilously above the pit. As siltation increases in lake Chivero in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, more weeds than water are rising in the biggest water body in the city. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu TimesFlourishing weeds in Chivero. A sand mining dumpsite lies closer to Chitungwiza town in a high density suburb called Seke where sand poachers have found a hot spot for their sand mining ventures. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu Times Mounds of poached sand soil. Water has over the past years been drying up fast in Lake Chivero owing to the increasing siltation in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare’s biggest water body worsened by ever emerging weeds in the midst of the lake. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo / Ubuntu TimesWater drying up fast in Lake Chivero. Share FacebookTwitterTelegramEmail Ubuntu PhotoNews: Soil Poaching, Urban Farming Menace on Zimbabwe’s Water Bodies By UbuntuTimes - March 24, 2020 229VIEWS MORE Photos Ubuntu PhotoNews: Nkrumahist Youth Urges Voter Boycott In Ghana Photos Ubuntu PhotoNews: Smallholder Farmers In Zimbabwe Embrace Conservation Agriculture To Combat Climate Change Photos Ubuntu PhotoNews: Infrastructure Deficit Pose Flood Concerns in Dar es Salaam Photos Ubuntu PhotoNews: Child Labor In Zimbabwe Amid Pandemic Photos Ubuntu PhotoNews: Kenya’s Tea Farmers Prepare for Demand During Coronavirus Pandemic