KP CSC Opening Statement at the Mano River Union Regional Meeting Freetown, Sierra Leone (Family Kingdom Hotel)

25 February 2020 Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Hon Foday Rado Yokie EU Ambassador to SL, Mr Tom Vens MRU Deputy Secretary General, Dr Abubakarr Tarawalie GIZ Project Coordinator Mr Patric Makua WDC Executive Director, Elodie Daguzan Chair of WGAAP, Mr Maurice Miema Ladies and gentlemen good morning. Introduction On behalf of the KP […]

Tooling Parliament for effective mineral resource governance

By Byron Zamasiya and Mukasiri Sibanda To better track impact of capacity building work with Parliament on promoting transparency and accountability in the mining sector, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) jointly agreed with Parliament of Zimbabwe to come up with performance targets. This was agreed during a workshop facilitated by ZELA on Mining Fiscal Transparency […]

EITI necessary for transparency and accountability reforms in Zimbabwe mineral resource governance

By Joyce Nyamukunda Machiri-Publish What You Pay-Zimbabwe Coordinator Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Zimbabwe has noted with regret that the government of Zimbabwe is not keen to join the Extractive Transparency Industries Initiative (EITI). This is based on the newspaper article that was published in the Independent on the 31st of January 2020. The Minister […]

KP CSC Opening Statement at the Mano River Union Regional Meeting Freetown, Sierra Leone (Family Kingdom Hotel)

25 February 2020 Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Hon Foday Rado Yokie EU Ambassador to SL, Mr Tom Vens MRU Deputy Secretary General, Dr Abubakarr Tarawalie GIZ Project Coordinator Mr Patric Makua WDC Executive Director, Elodie Daguzan Chair of WGAAP, Mr Maurice Miema Ladies and gentlemen good morning. Introduction On behalf of the KP […]

Tooling Parliament for effective mineral resource governance

By Byron Zamasiya and Mukasiri Sibanda To better track impact of capacity building work with Parliament on promoting transparency and accountability in the mining sector, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) jointly agreed with Parliament of Zimbabwe to come up with performance targets. This was agreed during a workshop facilitated by ZELA on Mining Fiscal Transparency […]

The Parliament of Zimbabwe signs MOU with ZELA

Harare-The Parliament of Zimbabwe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), an official partnership that will see the latter contributing effectively to the Parliament’s key functions that include legislative, representative and oversight. ZELA is a premier public interest environmental law organisation which seeks to promote environmental justice, sustainable and […]

The Parliament of Zimbabwe signs MOU with ZELA

Harare-The Parliament of Zimbabwe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), an official partnership that will see the latter contributing effectively to the Parliament’s key functions that include legislative, representative and oversight. ZELA is a premier public interest environmental law organisation which seeks to promote environmental justice, sustainable and […]

21st February, what’s in it for the young?

By Clarity Sibanda It’s the 21st of February, a public holiday in Zimbabwe declared “Robert Mugabe National Youth Day” in 2017. For young people, is the day worth celebrating? The day comes at a time when the Zimbabwean economy continues to shrink at an alarming rate. A significant number of young people have left the […]

21st February, what’s in it for the young?

By Clarity Sibanda It’s the 21st of February, a public holiday in Zimbabwe declared “Robert Mugabe National Youth Day” in 2017. For young people, is the day worth celebrating? The day comes at a time when the Zimbabwean economy continues to shrink at an alarming rate. A significant number of young people have left the […]