ZELA Influencing Global processes

The story of how the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has managed to effectively defend communities and fight for environmental and social justice in Zimbabwe and at the global level has been told to several people willing to lend us their ear. So as I was flipping through the pages of our state owned Newspaper, […]

ZELA Influencing Global processes

The story of how the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has managed to effectively defend communities and fight for environmental and social justice in Zimbabwe and at the global level has been told to several people willing to lend us their ear. So as I was flipping through the pages of our state owned Newspaper, […]

2019 Midterm Budget Review: How Agile or Fragile Is the Mining Fiscal Transparency Reform Agenda?

2019 Midterm Budget Review: How Agile or Fragile Is the Mining Fiscal Transparency Reform Agenda? By Mukasiri Sibanda Introduction Totemic. That is the word which perhaps sums up aptly the potential of Zimbabwe’ huge and diverse mineral wealth to propel the country’s socio-economic development agenda. Early this year, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), […]

Speak of the long-awaited submissions

By Billian T Matambo Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Workers Union (ZIDAWU). As supported by section 149 of our constitution which grant Zimbabweans a right to petition its government, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), local CBOs, CSOs, youth movements, and relevant stakeholders in the extractive industry joined hands in petitioning the government on issues of concern […]

Speak of the long-awaited submissions

By Billian T Matambo Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Workers Union (ZIDAWU). As supported by section 149 of our constitution which grant Zimbabweans a right to petition its government, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), local CBOs, CSOs, youth movements, and relevant stakeholders in the extractive industry joined hands in petitioning the government on issues of concern […]

ZELA News/Zvirimunhau/Okusendabeni!

01/24/2020 – ZELA News/Zvirimunhau/Okusendabeni https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=f5fe0832b698ac34c453a0b23&id=72469adbf3 12/06/2019 – ZELA News/Zvirimunhau/Okusendabeni https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=f5fe0832b698ac34c453a0b23&id=be87b095db 11/29/2019 – ZELA News/Zvirimunhau/Okusendabeni https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=f5fe0832b698ac34c453a0b23&id=8d9724539c 11/22/2019 – ZELA News/Zvirimunhau/Okusendabeni https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=f5fe0832b698ac34c453a0b23&id=f1ca995c2d 11/15/2019 – ZELA News/Zvirimunhau/Okusendabeni https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=f5fe0832b698ac34c453a0b23&id=ff6cbc7c6c 11/14/2019 – ZELA News/Zvirimunhau/Okusendabeni https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=f5fe0832b698ac34c453a0b23&id=eb56471997  

FAMILIES FORCED OUT BY MINING IN ZIMBABWE

By Siobhan Curran Houses are cracking, rubble and waste is being dumped in the river and women are forced to walk longer distances for clean water – all for the extraction of granite. Yet the communities are not seeing the benefits of this lucrative business https://www.trocaire.org/news/bhr-mining-zimbabwe

The Environmental Child Rights Conference, a first of its kind

By Vincent Ndagurwa and Ashlyn Chintokoma Many people might have heard about the recently held Environmental Child Rights Conference (ECRC) without necessarily having knowledge of what it was all about. We take this opportunity to unpack the Conference’s proceedings.Main focus will be put on its objectives and general outcome thereto as well as who the […]

FAMILIES FORCED OUT BY MINING IN ZIMBABWE

By Siobhan Curran Houses are cracking, rubble and waste is being dumped in the river and women are forced to walk longer distances for clean water – all for the extraction of granite. Yet the communities are not seeing the benefits of this lucrative business https://www.trocaire.org/news/bhr-mining-zimbabwe

The Environmental Child Rights Conference, a first of its kind

By Vincent Ndagurwa and Ashlyn Chintokoma Many people might have heard about the recently held Environmental Child Rights Conference (ECRC) without necessarily having knowledge of what it was all about. We take this opportunity to unpack the Conference’s proceedings.Main focus will be put on its objectives and general outcome thereto as well as who the […]