By Nobuhle Mabhikwa-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure” Treasuring the memories and lesson learnt from the Battlefields disaster. In 2019 on the 13th of February. 32 miners were trapped, of the 32 trapped 8 were rescued alive and 24 died at the Cricket mine, Battlefields. These […]

As the government of Zimbabwe takes action to contain machete gangs who have wreaked havoc in almost every key gold producing areas in Zimbabwe, mining sector transparency reforms must not go under the policy radar. To a large extent, Publish What You Pay-Zimbabwe believes that opacity, the secretive way in which the mining sector operates […]

By: Josephine Chiname Introduction and Background In Zimbabwe, the discourse centred around environmental justice in the mining sector has developed over the years. Environmental justice has emerged as an important part of the movement calling for responsible investors who respect and promote a clean and healthy environment in host mining communities. This arose from a […]

Dear Partners, Colleagues and Stakeholders This is to notify you that the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) is officially back in office after a well-deserved break. It is a New Year, a new chapter, a new decade, but be that as it may be, our mission of promoting Environmental justice through sustainable and equitable utilisation […]