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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
24 June 2020 The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) condemns the shooting of two gold mine workers, Wendy Chikwaira and Kennedy Tachiona by their Chinese Mine employer at Reden Mine in Gweru on the 21st of June 2020. Video, audio and picture images of the shooting incident were widely circulated on social media. A dispute […]