Terms of Reference Understanding Civic and citizen engagement in mineral revenue use for socio economic development 1.0 Background The management of mineral resource extraction and mineral revenues remains largely opaque[1]. While mineral resources juridically belong to the citizens, the very same citizens are not privy to the mining contracts entered into by the government and […]
Tracking mining tax revenue use for advancing gender responsive public services 1.0 Background A local Non Governmental Law Association is seeking to carry out a research on tracking mining tax revenue use for advancing gender responsive public services. The organisation’s motivation to carry out this research emanates from an observation that over the years, mining […]
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association joins all the citizens of Zimbabwe and the world in celebrating the past and present victories of workers while making clear the organisation’s commitment to continue defending the workers’ labour struggles. The 2020 International Workers’ Day is being commemorated under a different atmosphere. The day comes at a time when […]
Compiled by Byron Zamasiya-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association The COVID-19 which broke out in Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China late last year and spread to over 70 countries has taken the world by storm[1][2]. There is a general agreement that this disease which has its ecological reservoir in bats broke out in the Wuhan food market […]
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association joins all the citizens of Zimbabwe and the world in celebrating the past and present victories of workers while making clear the organisation’s commitment to continue defending the workers’ labour struggles. The 2020 International Workers’ Day is being commemorated under a different atmosphere. The day comes at a time when […]
Compiled by Byron Zamasiya-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association The COVID-19 which broke out in Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China late last year and spread to over 70 countries has taken the world by storm[1][2]. There is a general agreement that this disease which has its ecological reservoir in bats broke out in the Wuhan food market […]
April 2020 As the country is adopting a cocktail of economic measures to contain the impacts of the Coronavirus, it is important for civil society organisations (CSOs) and citizens to understand why transparency and accountability in the Extractive Sector can be a game changer in Zimbabwe’s fight against its current and future social development problems. […]
April 2020 As the country is adopting a cocktail of economic measures to contain the impacts of the Coronavirus, it is important for civil society organisations (CSOs) and citizens to understand why transparency and accountability in the Extractive Sector can be a game changer in Zimbabwe’s fight against its current and future social development problems. […]
The extractives sector is one of the major pillars of the Zimbabwean economy. It is thus not surprising that President ED Mnangagwa, in his address to the nation on the extension of the national lockdown in the fight against COVID-19 on 19 April, 2020, allowed the mining sector to “resume or scale up operations.” https://www.fairplanet.org/op-ed/the-mineral-resource-curse-in-zimbabwe-extractives-environmental-justice-and-sustainable-development/
The extractives sector is one of the major pillars of the Zimbabwean economy. It is thus not surprising that President ED Mnangagwa, in his address to the nation on the extension of the national lockdown in the fight against COVID-19 on 19 April, 2020, allowed the mining sector to “resume or scale up operations.” https://www.fairplanet.org/op-ed/the-mineral-resource-curse-in-zimbabwe-extractives-environmental-justice-and-sustainable-development/