16 January 2023 RE: Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Executive Director’s New Year Message Dear Partners, Stakeholders and Donors As we begin the new year, we are filled with hope that our best days of promoting our vision, and values are still ahead of us. In 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare a lot of our […]
22 December 2022 Dear Partners, Stakeholders and DonorsRE: Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Executive Director’s End of Year Message As 2022 comes to an end, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support. The success of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) is based on the relationships we have […]
Deadline:20 December 2022 Time Frame for assignment: 8 days Reports to: Project Officer 1.Background and Introduction A public interest organisation which is into natural resources governance and environmental justice work seeks to hire a consultant to develop a gemstone identification manual. The organisation is implementing a five-year project with the objective of nourishing the gemstone […]
Date of Issue: 25 November 2022 Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) joins the world in commemorating the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) an annual campaign that begins on 25 November and runs through International Human Rights Day on 10 December. ZELA subscribes to gender equality and condemns GBV in all its various […]
Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) “Using the law to protect and conserve the environment” ______________________________________________________ No. 26B Seke Road, Hatfield, Harare Tel: +263 242 573601-3 Website: www.zela.org 11 November 2022 Dear Partners, Colleagues and Stakeholders RE: Staff Changes at the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association I write to inform you that Nqobizitha Ndlovu who was […]
11 November 2022 Compiled by Byron Zamasiya (Ph.D.) Africa is holding COP27 in Sham El Sheik, Egypt from 6-18 November 2022. This COP27 is coming against a background of some climate-induced impacts such as the devastating hurricane Ian in Florida America[1], the onset of the worst drought in Europe, and the veld fires that devastated […]
KIMBERLEY PROCESS PLENARY MEETING BOTSWANA, GABORONE NOVEMBER 04, 2022 Honourable Lefoko Moagi, Minister of Mines and Energy of Botswana; Mr Jacob Thamage, Chair of the Kimberley Process; Mr Edward Asscher, Chairman of the World Diamond Council; Honourable chairs of the Kimberley Process working groups ; Focal Points of Kimberley Process countries ; Distinguished guests, ladies […]
02 November 2022 More than 230 organisations call on COP leaders to urgently ensure the exploitation of transition minerals doesn’t undermine a just and equitable energy transition The world needs to stop burning fossil fuels. Climate change is already happening and to prevent the worst impacts we must accelerate the just transition to cleaner, safer […]
20 October 2022 We, the African CSOs, commend the African Union and partners for successfully convening the Inaugural African Business and Human Rights Forum. We appreciate that the Forum brought together various participants from the continent and beyond, who have an interest in the attainment of human rights in the context of business operations, including […]
August 2022 The phenomenon of arresting and intimidating EHRDs In State vs Newman Chiadzwa and 27 Ors, the State arrested twenty-eight (28) villagers from Chiadzwa village, under Chief Chiadzwa in Marange. They were arrested on the 2nd of November 2021 and charged with public violence as defined in Section 36 of the Criminal Law (Codification […]