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Bikita, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
April 30, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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182 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Bikitaite:
- A zeolite group mineral containing lithium
- Forms in some lithium rich pegmatites
- Named after its type locality Bikita in Masvingo, Zimbabwe #minerals
A huge chunk of fine-grained, pale salmon coloured bikitaite. In the centre is a cluster of prismatic bikitaite crustals with some whiter quartz crystals. From Bikita Mine, Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.
July 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Take a look at the collection of short pieces envisioning different possible techno futures.
Screenshot of 3 Possible Futures thumbnails. Whose Categories? Whose AI? A herd in Bikita is already a relational data system. Every beast has a name, a lineage, a history of obligations. This community has practised data governance for generations on the wealth that matters most, wealth a thief can drive into the night and a bank statement cannot describe. 2. Reimagining Thermal Sensors to Save Lives "I first encountered biometric technology while crossing the US-Mexico border at 7 years old." 3. Tech for Reclaiming our Oral Histories Kathleen Siminiyu imagines a future where an interactive repository of oral histories can preserve a complex set of cultures, traditions and dialects.
September 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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How seed fairs help small scale farmers revive long lost, first generation seeds.
#agroecology #seeds #africanfarming

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How seed fairs help small scale farmers revive long lost, first generation seeds - humfoz.org
By Tatenda Chitagu BIKITA, ZIMBABWE-Since childhood, Ellen Mutsinze (55) has planted small, early generation grains to add variety to the family’s staple corn diet. She never imagined the once-looked-...
humfoz.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
geohenning.bsky.social
Based on XPL the choice is pretty obvious, duh. ⚒️ #TeamSpodumene #MinCup24

XPL images by @alexstrekeisen !
Topaz (I order gray) and quartz in a greisen. Zinnwald, Saxony, Germany. XPL image, 1x (Field of view = 9mm) Image by Alexstrekeisen Spodumene (high interference colors) and plagioclase in a pegmatite from Bikita, Zimbawe, Africa. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm) Meme of Richard Madden looking normal on the left and Tarron Egerton in bright colourful pink costume on the right.
September 16, 2024 at 7:21 AM
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Bikita Institute of Technology logo
Bikita Institute of Technology logo
March 20, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Remembering 10 years - Bikita Seed Fair, 2015 to 2026
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#agroecology #seed #zimbabwe
Remembering 10 years – Bikita Seed Fair, 2015 to 2026 | EarthLore
Ten years ago, in August 2017, the first Bikita Seed Fair was celebrated at.Mabheka garden, in Mamutse. When excited EarthLore and ZimSOFF team members, local farming communities and visitors gathered...
earthlorefoundation.org
September 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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enviropresszim.com/bikita-miner...
Bikita Minerals adopts employment quota for women -
Rutendo Chirume Bikita Minerals has begun reserving 20 percent of all job vacancies for female candidates in what the lithium-producing company says is part of deliberate efforts to ensure that women ...
enviropresszim.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
xpodtech.com
Zimbabwe plane crash leaves 2 dead, 1 injured
A small aircraft crashed early this morning in Ward 2 of Bikita. Authorities believe the plane was carrying three people at the time of the accident.Preliminary...
bulawayo24.com
March 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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This was our Dawah programme in Bikita, Masvingo Province, approximately 345 km from Harare.

May Allah accept our efforts and grant us sincerity in conveying His message. Ameen. 🤲🏽

#Dawah #Islam #Bikita #Masvingo #IslamicDawah
#SpreadTheMessage #AllahAcceptOurEfforts
August 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
bikitainstitute.bsky.social
Software development courses offered at the Bikita Institute of Technology (BIT)

⚫Digital literacy (Open Office)
⚫Front-end development (React)
⚫Back-end development (Laravel)
⚫Mobile app development (React Native)
⚫Data Science (Python)

#bikitainstitute #bikita #masvingo #zimbabwe
Software development courses offered at the Bikita Institute of Technology (BIT)
March 20, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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businesswaveafricanews.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/b...
#agroecology
#BikitaFair #SeedDiversity #FoodSovereignty #Zimbabwe #EarthLore
Bikita youth adopt Jaka, small grains
Medline Turugare BY STEVE EPHRAEM In a bid to embrace healthier traditions and strengthen community ties, youth in Bikita, Zimbabwe are showing growing interest in cultivating and consuming small g…
businesswaveafricanews.wordpress.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Àwọn ìyàwó ọlọ́rọ̀ #London bìkítà pé wọ́n ń fi owó gọbọi, owó ìtajà àti dúkìá ọkọ wọn tó ti kú ṣòfò😱
Akáǹtì James Dinsdale fẹ́ àwọn ìyàwó rẹ̀ méjì ní ọdún márùn-ún sí ara wọn ní Las Vegas
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#Akáǹtì #gbéyàwó #wives
#LasVegas #fortune #estate #realtor #realestate
Wives of wealthy bigamist accuse each other of draining late husband’s £1.8m estate
Accountant James Dinsdale married his two wives five years apart in Las Vegas
www.independent.co.uk
June 23, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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businesswaveafricanews.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/r...
#agroecology
#BikitaFair #SeedDiversity #FoodSovereignty #Zimbabwe #EarthLore
Return to traditional seed keeping: Earthlore Foundation
BY STEVE EPHRAEMBIKITA: At Bikita Seed and Food Festival held at Kumboedza Garden at Masasire Ward 19 in Bikita East, Zimbabwe, held under the theme “Year of the Millets,” that took place on August…
businesswaveafricanews.wordpress.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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businesswaveafricanews.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/s...
#agroecology
#BikitaFair #SeedDiversity #FoodSovereignty #Zimbabwe #EarthLore
Svoboda steals the limelight at Bikita Seed and Food Festival
BY STEVE EPHRAEMBIKITA: A rare and unique variety of millet, known as “Svoboda” (Barnyard Millet) was the star of the Bikita Seed and Food Fair. The event took place on August 22 at Kumboedza…
businesswaveafricanews.wordpress.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
canzim11.bsky.social
Environmental protection is climate action. Communities in Bikita are being supported on fire management, wetland protection, beekeeping, fish farming and environmental monitoring. These efforts need sustained support. #NatureBasedSolutions
August 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Explore the powerful process of Creating Ancestral Maps and Calendars, bridging past, present, and future through eco-mapping and community dialogues. Discover how indigenous knowledge is reviving traditions and fostering harmony with ancestral realms.
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Creating Ancestral Maps and Calendars of the past, present and future | EarthLore
Seed of memories from the past, the present and the future will be planted in rich and fertile soil during the Eco-Mapping process in Bikita, Zimbabwe, from 6 to 10 October 2025 This is the culminatio...
earthlorefoundation.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
earthlore-f.bsky.social
287 farmers drawn from 6 communities that EarthLore is accompanying showcase diverse farm saved seeds during a Seed and Food Fair held in Masasire, Bikita, Zimbabwe
#foodsovereignity #agroecology #zimbabwe
August 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
canzim11.bsky.social
Bikita has opportunities for green livelihoods through beekeeping, aquaculture, small livestock, chilli production, tree nurseries and value addition of honey, baobab and guava. Investment can turn these opportunities into resilient local economies. #JustTransition
August 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Public Notice 🗣️📢

The Ministry of Health and Child Care, along with its partners, will provide free treatment for women with obstetric fistula at Mashoko Christian Hospital in Bikita, Masvingo, from 3 November 2025 to 14 November 2025.

Spread the message!

#EndFistula #RestoreDignity
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
astronomybot.bsky.social
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over Bikita, Zimbabwe

Latitude -20.44505972
Longitude 32.15064973

Orbiting at 15,678.46 miles/hour
Altitude of 392.13 km

At 09 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over 54QX433G+M2,...
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September 8, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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“Mangwanani” dear people of the Internet. Today, I say “good morning” in Ndau:
“The Ndau are an ethnic group indigenous to south-eastern Zimbabwe in the districts of Chipinge and Chimanimani. They are also found in parts of Bikita, in the Zambezi valley, in central Mozambique along the coast, and...
Ndau people - Wikipedia
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May 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Feed: "The Eastern Herald | News Today, Breaking News, World News & BRICS Updates"
By: Kiranpreet Kaur on Friday, May 9, 2025
Lithium Dreams, Colonial Realities: How Zimbabwe’s Mineral Wealth Is Being Hijacked in Plain Sight
Dozens of families in Bikita were asleep when the trucks arrived. Under cover of darkness, surveyors from a foreign mining firm, flanked by local | The Eastern Herald | News Today, Breaking News, World News & BRICS Updates
easternherald.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
anup.bsky.social
The rush for EVs has brought a surge of Chinese investment into Zimbabwe's lithium mines. But many locals say it has also brought danger and doom.

Our latest feature is from Bikita, home to the largest lithium deposit in Zimbabwe.

restofworld.org/2025/zimbabw...
Dangerous mines: A death at the bottom of the EV supply chain
In Zimbabwe, the EV rush has brought a surge of Chinese investment into lithium mines. But many locals feel left out — and some have turned to stealing.
restofworld.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
earthlore-f.bsky.social
Celebrating a decade of Bikita Seed Fair
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#agroecology #seed #zimbabwe
Celebrating a decade of Bikita Seed Fair - Quarterly Digest News
BY STEVE EPHRAEM Over the ten years that Earthlore Foundation has operated in Bikita East, Zimbabwe, the Bikita Seed Fair has emerged as one of its defining triumphs. The annual gathering has consiste...
qdnews.co.zw
August 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM