By Sophia Takuva The colonial era has marginalised the indigenous people in African from the riches of their land. The echoes of exploitation reverberate within our current democratic dispensation, ratcheting up tensions around land and resources. Although our mineral wealth is now theoretically shared by all, the realities of exclusion remain unchanged. Introduction Artisanal and small scale […]

  26 September, 2019 Press Release Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition For immediate release Modern day blood diamonds still flow and KP undermines efforts to stem them, claims new report With less than two months until the end of the Kimberley Process reform process, will States opt to keep the “Blood diamond” market going, asks […]

By Marange Development Trust Following reports of gross  human rights violations in Marange Chiadzwa areas  which has been documented and reported by both community human rights defenders ,community based organizations (CBOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) this attracted the attention of United Nations on Business and Human Rights who then  sent a Special Rapporteur on […]

By Mukasiri Sibanda Government, since 2011, repeatedly made commitments to implement the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) or resuscitate its home-grown version, the Zimbabwe Mining Revenue Transparency Initiative (ZMRTI). EITI is regarded as a global best practice that promotes open and accountable governance of oil, gas and mineral sectors. Intentions by government to either implement […]