Compiled by Moreblessings Chidaushe 22nd April, 2020 On the 22nd April 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a R500 billion COVID-19 socio-economic relief package for South Africa – cast in a six months’ timeframe. The package is equivalent to 10% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – this is no small package by any measure. […]
Compiled by Moreblessings Chidaushe 22nd April, 2020 On the 22nd April 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a R500 billion COVID-19 socio-economic relief package for South Africa – cast in a six months’ timeframe. The package is equivalent to 10% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – this is no small package by any measure. […]
By Nqobizitha Ndlovu-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Introduction The first quarter of the year has seen the outbreak and fight against the COVID-19 epidemic eclipse all world issues. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the disease a pandemic on 11 March 2020, and currently it has infected over 2 million and killed over 133, 000 people […]
Compiled by Moreblessings Chidaushe (16 April 2020) COVID-19 has become the greatest calamity of our time, at no point in our lifetime have we ever witnessed an event of this magnitude, speed, impact and disruption, one that literally grounds the whole world, like the WHOLE WIDE WORLD and leaves it speechless. We are all inundated […]
Compiled by Moreblessings Chidaushe (16 April 2020) COVID-19 has become the greatest calamity of our time, at no point in our lifetime have we ever witnessed an event of this magnitude, speed, impact and disruption, one that literally grounds the whole world, like the WHOLE WIDE WORLD and leaves it speechless. We are all inundated […]
By Nqobizitha Ndlovu-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Introduction The first quarter of the year has seen the outbreak and fight against the COVID-19 epidemic eclipse all world issues. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the disease a pandemic on 11 March 2020, and currently it has infected over 2 million and killed over 133, 000 people […]
By Nobuhle T Mabhikwa -Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Small-scale mining has become an important source of livelihood for Zimbabwe’s poor and other vulnerable populations. Some rural populations in the country depend on mining as a primary source of income or as a critical supplement to meagre farming revenues. Women have not been left behind, several […]
By Nobuhle T Mabhikwa -Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Small-scale mining has become an important source of livelihood for Zimbabwe’s poor and other vulnerable populations. Some rural populations in the country depend on mining as a primary source of income or as a critical supplement to meagre farming revenues. Women have not been left behind, several […]