With the support of Trócaire, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) is ‘Promoting a Rights Based Approach to the Utilisation and Management of Natural Resources by Smallholder Farmers. The main goal of the project is to empower women and men in Bikita, Insiza, Gutu and Matobo to actively engage and benefit from sustainable and resilient livelihoods. […]
MACHETE VIOLENCE AND CRIMINALITY IN THE GOLD SECTOR DATE: 10 May 2021 APPEARING BEFORE: JOINT PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEES ON MINES AND MINING DEVELOPMENT AND DEFENCE, HOME AFFAIRS AND SECURITY SERVICES Petition Presented by: Shamiso Mtisi, Nobuhle Mabhikwa, Joyce Nyamukunda and Clarity Sibanda (with research assistance of Joshua Machinga) ABOUT ZIMBABWE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION (ZELA) AND […]
Compiled by Clarity Sibanda-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association(ZELA) and Action Aid-Zimbabwe have launched a five year project to promote women’s participation in the extractive sector. The project titled, “Nourishing Gemstone and Granite Sector Value Chain and Beneficiation,” will be implemented in Hurungwe,Karoi and Mutoko and is a build up to Fair, […]
Realising the need for government and investors to promote, protect, and fulfil human rights of communities especially Environmental, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (EESCR), the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has introduced a webinar series to deliberate on how Zimbabwe can poise economic expectation against the respect for human rights including how the courts and […]
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a source of livelihood in Zimbabwe. It employs more than five hundred thousand workers directly and three million indirectly (Parliament Zimbabwe, 2017). However, ASM activities can damage the environment and pose health and safety risks to workers and surrounding communities. This could be attributed to poor mining and processing […]
Introduction Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) through its research arm, the Africa Institute for Environmental Law (AIEL) has a keen interest to research on Chinese Investments in Zimbabwe. The goal for the research being that of producing information which informs and empowers the Government, policy makers, Civil Society Organisations and mining communities in Zimbabwe and […]
CASE ALERT! 9 October 2019 HIGH COURT ORDERS IMANI MINE TO CEASE OPERATIONS High Court Judge,Justice Charewa on Wednesday 9 October 2019 granted an order in an application filed by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association on behalf of its clients. The order is compelling Zibusiso Sibanda t/a Imani Mine to stop all mining activities he […]
Zimbabwe has not been spared from the destruction of wetlands primarily because of human activity. In Zimbabwe wetlands cover 3% of the area (11 717.4km2).[1] Of the available wetlands a meagre 21% are stable while 18 % are severely degraded and 61% moderately degraded.[2] Zimbabwe has designated seven wetland sites of international importance covering 453,828 of […]
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association supported by OXFAM through DFAT has realised the media’s key role in bringing mass awareness on key environmental justice issues. Bringing together media practitioners drawn from different private and public media houses from the 20th-21st April 2021 to a sensitization and training meeting themed, ‘Media as partners in natural resource […]
09 April 2021 Dear Partners, Colleagues and Stakeholders REF: STAFF CHANGES AT THE ZIMBABWE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION I trust this email finds you well and that you had a restful Easter break. I am writing to update you on staff changes at the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association(ZELA). The organisation has the pleasure of welcoming three […]