Pushing for the realization of women’s rights to development in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: Case of the mining sector

#GenderAndExtractives #EachforEqual #StopMacheteKillings #COVID-19 On the 30th of June 2020, we convened the 4th edition of the Gender and Extractives Symposium, a multi-stakeholder dialogue and engagement space created by the Platform on Gender and Extractives to stimulate interest and collaborative effort in engendering the mining sector in Zimbabwe. This year’symposium ran under the theme, ‘Pushing […]

How it all started: ZELA’s Background and Growth Trajectory

Compiled by Mutuso Dhliwayo-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association THE BEGINNING Today the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) is a well-established[1] public interest environmental law organization that works to promote democracy, good governance and sustainable development using natural resources as a framework.  But how did this all come about? This section chronicles how the ZELA story started […]

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A STUDY ON LOCAL OPEN CONTRACTING

Background and Introduction Deadline: 22 July 2020 Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) intends to carry out a study a research study on Local Open Contracting for Local Authorities. The motivation to carry out this research emanates from ZELA’s long standing work on tracking recommendations of the Office of the Auditor General’s (OAG) Reports to promote […]

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A STUDY ON LOCAL OPEN CONTRACTING

Background and Introduction Deadline: 22 July 2020 Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) intends to carry out a study a research study on Local Open Contracting for Local Authorities. The motivation to carry out this research emanates from ZELA’s long standing work on tracking recommendations of the Office of the Auditor General’s (OAG) Reports to promote […]

Why the proposed ban of wildlife trade does not make sense to developing countries: The role of trade in maintaining healthy wildlife populations

By Nobuhle Mabhikwa-Zimbabwe Environmental Law AssociationB In the last series of the blog I shared how the ban of wildlife trade does not make sense to developing countries. The focus was on how communities who depend  on revenue generated from the ban would be affected  if this happened. In this series allow me to share […]

Why the proposed ban of wildlife trade does not make sense to developing countries: The role of trade in maintaining healthy wildlife populations

By Nobuhle Mabhikwa-Zimbabwe Environmental Law AssociationB In the last series of the blog I shared how the ban of wildlife trade does not make sense to developing countries. The focus was on how communities who depend  on revenue generated from the ban would be affected  if this happened. In this series allow me to share […]

An analysis of Freda Rebecca Gold Mine’s Gold Buying Licence & the proposed partnership with CBZ

DATE: 2 July,2020 By Tafara Chiremba-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Introduction The FREDA REBECCA Gold Mine, a subsidiary of Landela Investments has been licenced to buy gold direct from small scale miners and artisanal miners operating on its 60 000 hectares of gold claims across the country, chiefly in Manicaland and Mashonaland Provinces. The news about […]

An analysis of Freda Rebecca Gold Mine’s Gold Buying Licence & the proposed partnership with CBZ

DATE: 2 July,2020 Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Introduction The FREDA REBECCA Gold Mine, a subsidiary of Landela Investments has been licenced to buy gold direct from small scale miners and artisanal miners operating on its 60 000 hectares of gold claims across the country, chiefly in Manicaland and Mashonaland Provinces. The news about this latest […]

The Chivi DAMI Declaration: Amplifying community voices in fighting mining related injustices and inequalities

Dated: 29 June 2020 On the23rd of May 2019, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development and the Zimbabwe Council of Churches brought together more than 100 community members drawn from Sese Village of Chivi, local leaders, faith-based organisations and civil society organisations who gathered at the Chivi Community Hall for the […]

The Chivi DAMI Declaration: Amplifying community voices in fighting mining related injustices and inequalities

Dated: 29 June 2020 On the23rd of May 2019, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development and the Zimbabwe Council of Churches brought together more than 100 community members drawn from Sese Village of Chivi, local leaders, faith-based organisations and civil society organisations who gathered at the Chivi Community Hall for the […]