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 […]

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 […]

  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 Joshua Machinga The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) organized a workshop with the Women in Mining (WIM), from the 2nd to the 4th of October 2018, at Inyathi Vocational Training Center in Bubi. The workshop sought to introduce the project to the women in mining from Bubi, train and capacitate the women in mining […]

Call for expression of interest: EXHIBIT YOUR PRODUCTS AT THIS YEAR’s ZAMI *Exhibition is a mission made public* The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) and African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (the Steering Committee) are seeking expressions of interest to exhibit […]