22 May 2022 The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) will tomorrow join national, regional, and international wildlife conservation stakeholders at the African Elephant Summit to be hosted in the iconic Hwange National Park from the 23rd to the 26th of May 2022. The summit to be graced by Ambassadors from China and Japan will also host leading […]
20 May 2022 The year 2022 is critical for Zimbabwe’s diamond governance discourse as the country is being reviewed under the Kimberley Process (KP) Certification Scheme (KPCS). The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was created in 2003 to curb the trade of diamonds by rebel and dissident government groups using gems to finance their operations. […]
21 April 2022. Compiled by Cosmas Sunguro Some community monitors are facing a plethora of challenges in accessing the Environmental Impact Assessment certifications and any material related to the management of the environment from the offices of the Environmental Management Agency (EMA). This was revealed during a training by ZELA on Independent EIA monitoring in […]
16 May 2022 Compiled by Josphat Makaza- Chiadzwa Community Development Trust In 2020 Alrosa Zimbabwe engaged the local leadership in ward 24 with the intention of mining diamonds. The officials met with a few individuals who granted the mine a social licence to operate. They informed the community representatives that there are diamonds in ward […]
22 April 2022 Compiled by Cosmas Sunguro and Proud Nyakuni The recent interface between Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and communities from Marange and Chimanimani brought a glimmer of hope especially on environmental management. The workshop ran from 20 to 22 April 2022 were hosted by EMA and ZELA in Arda Transau, Chimanimani and Marange. The […]
22 April 2022 Compiled by Ngoni. T. Maunga, Tildar Nyakunu and Zvaitwa Katsidzira. The mining of diamond in Marange came with destruction and pollution of the environment due to land degradation, deforestation, discharge of effluents, blasting, and dust emissions. Lack of progressive rehabilitation of land and implementation of precautions to lessen pollution of water and […]
13 May 2022 By Tatenda Mapoodze Zimbabwe is determined to achieve an empowered and prosperous upper Middle-income society by 2030 through establishing transformative inclusive development agendas. The country has moved to a mineral resource-dependent economy and the hope remains that the extractive industry will catapult the country’s economy and hugely contribute to the achievement of […]
Theme: A Just energy transition for sustainable mining Communities in an era of the climate crisis Preamble: We, the more than 4000 physical and 200 virtual delegates, from various formations that include faith-based organisations, mining-affected communities, civil society organisations, traditional leaders, political leaders, academia, trade and labour unions, government, and business representatives, convened our annual […]
13th Alternative Mining Indaba 10 May 2022 By Shamiso Mtisi It’s good to be back at the Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI). I was last on this stage exactly eight years ago. But since yesterday I have been hearing the same community related problems we heard eight years ago. But now we have a new mantra […]
Theme: Gender Equality today for a sustainable tommorow #GenderAndExtractives #BreakTheBias WE, the 56 participants that include traditional leaders, local authorities, mining communities, legislators, faith-based organisations, government officials and civil society organisations gathered at Nyamakwere Lodge, Mutoko on the 23rd of March 2022 for Gender and Extractives Symposium. The symposium which built on the commemorations of […]