Mimosa mining company reaches out to the community

Compiled by Kudakwashe Zivera Mimosa mining company on 21/07/2020 once again enabled citizen participation by calling stakeholders for an EIA consultation meeting  for an expansion of a tailings dam and opening of a new shaft at North hill. The meeting was attended by the local Chief,DDC ,RRDC,government departments and the CLC.We had a tailings  dam […]

Towards policy solutions to the risks of Chinese investments in Zimbabwe’s extractive sector

Compiled by Farai Mutondoro-Africa Institute of Environmental Law Overview At no time has the Sino-Zimbabwe relations become a topical policy issue than it is today, especially at a time Chinese investments in Zimbabwe have been pigeonholed by records of unfair labor practices, human rights abuse and disregard of environmental laws and regulations.[1] While the relationship […]

Towards policy solutions to the risks of Chinese investments in Zimbabwe’s extractive sector

Compiled by Farai Mutondoro-Africa Institute of Environmental Law Overview At no time has the Sino-Zimbabwe relations become a topical policy issue than it is today, especially at a time Chinese investments in Zimbabwe have been pigeonholed by records of unfair labor practices, human rights abuse and disregard of environmental laws and regulations.[1] While the relationship […]

ZELA’s Analysis of the Mid Term Budget and Economic Review

On 16 July 2020, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), Professor Mthuli Ncube, presented the Mid-Term Budget and Economic Review to the Parliament of Zimbabwe.  The review comes at a time when the country is experiencing an upsurge in the number of  COVID-19  cases.  In  his   budget  review  statement,  Minister  Mthuli  revised   the […]

ZELA’s Analysis of the Mid Term Budget and Economic Review

On 16 July 2020, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), Professor Mthuli Ncube, presented the Mid-Term Budget and Economic Review to the Parliament of Zimbabwe.  The review comes at a time when the country is experiencing an upsurge in the number of  COVID-19  cases.  In  his   budget  review  statement,  Minister  Mthuli  revised   the […]

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 […]

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 […]