By Joshua Machinga-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Mining communities are often the ones to bear the effects of environmental, social and cultural devastation that comes with the extraction of resources within their localities. As such, community’s participation in mineral resource governance is critical. The Environmental Management Act (EMAct) (Chapter 20:27) section 4(1)(b) provides for the access […]
By Joyce Nyamukunda Machiri-Publish What You Pay-Zimbabwe Coordinator Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Zimbabwe has noted with regret that the government of Zimbabwe is not keen to join the Extractive Transparency Industries Initiative (EITI). This is based on the newspaper article that was published in the Independent on the 31st of January 2020. The Minister […]
WORLD WETLANDS DAY [2nd February 2020] Theme: Wetlands and Biodiversity The World Wetlands Day celebrated on the 2nd February of every year marks the date for the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention) in the Iranian City of Ramsar on the same day in 1971. The Ramsar Convention recognises the extreme importance of […]
By Nobuhle Mabhikwa-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure” Treasuring the memories and lesson learnt from the Battlefields disaster. In 2019 on the 13th of February. 32 miners were trapped, of the 32 trapped 8 were rescued alive and 24 died at the Cricket mine, Battlefields. These […]
Mukasiri Sibanda, Emily Nickerson, and Bekezela Maduma Giant strides, in the past decade, have been made by Publish What You Pay (PWYP) campaign to improve the extractive sector transparency landscape world over. The results are quite telling. 51 countries are now implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) – a global best practice on promoting open and […]
By Nobuhle Mabhikwa-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure” Treasuring the memories and lesson learnt from the Battlefields disaster. In 2019 on the 13th of February. 32 miners were trapped, of the 32 trapped 8 were rescued alive and 24 died at the Cricket mine, Battlefields. These […]
Mukasiri Sibanda, Emily Nickerson, and Bekezela Maduma Giant strides, in the past decade, have been made by Publish What You Pay (PWYP) campaign to improve the extractive sector transparency landscape world over. The results are quite telling. 51 countries are now implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) – a global best practice on promoting open and […]
As the government of Zimbabwe takes action to contain machete gangs who have wreaked havoc in almost every key gold producing areas in Zimbabwe, mining sector transparency reforms must not go under the policy radar. To a large extent, Publish What You Pay-Zimbabwe believes that opacity, the secretive way in which the mining sector operates […]
By: Josephine Chiname Introduction and Background In Zimbabwe, the discourse centred around environmental justice in the mining sector has developed over the years. Environmental justice has emerged as an important part of the movement calling for responsible investors who respect and promote a clean and healthy environment in host mining communities. This arose from a […]
Dear Partners, Colleagues and Stakeholders This is to notify you that the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) is officially back in office after a well-deserved break. It is a New Year, a new chapter, a new decade, but be that as it may be, our mission of promoting Environmental justice through sustainable and equitable utilisation […]