CASE ALERT! 9 October 2019 HIGH COURT ORDERS IMANI MINE TO CEASE OPERATIONS High Court Judge,Justice Charewa on Wednesday 9 October 2019 granted an order in an application filed by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association on behalf of its clients. The order is compelling Zibusiso Sibanda t/a Imani Mine to stop all mining activities he […]
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association supported by OXFAM through DFAT has realised the media’s key role in bringing mass awareness on key environmental justice issues. Bringing together media practitioners drawn from different private and public media houses from the 20th-21st April 2021 to a sensitization and training meeting themed, ‘Media as partners in natural resource […]
Zimbabwe has not been spared from the destruction of wetlands primarily because of human activity. In Zimbabwe wetlands cover 3% of the area (11 717.4km2).[1] Of the available wetlands a meagre 21% are stable while 18 % are severely degraded and 61% moderately degraded.[2] Zimbabwe has designated seven wetland sites of international importance covering 453,828 of […]
By Sandra Musonzah and Blessed Marecha (ZELA Youth Network) Environmental Child Rights is a pressing human right matter likely to impact the young presently and in the future. There are several challenges facing young people particularly their vulnerability to negative effects of environmental violation irrespective of strides being made to mitigate devastating consequences. Some communities […]
09 April 2021 Dear Partners, Colleagues and Stakeholders REF: STAFF CHANGES AT THE ZIMBABWE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION I trust this email finds you well and that you had a restful Easter break. I am writing to update you on staff changes at the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association(ZELA). The organisation has the pleasure of welcoming three […]
Introduction Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), a registered public interest environmental law organization established a think tank institute, the Africa Institute for Environmental Law (AIEL). AIEL was established to undertake the functions of research, training, capacity building and teaching aimed at influencing policies on natural resource governance and the environment. AIEL’s vision is to become […]
Mining is an important developmental activity which has immense potential to contribute towards economic development. However, if unregulated, it can be a major cause for environmental and human rights violations with children and young people bearing the brunt of the violations. These negative environmental impacts can have irreversible, lifelong, and even trans-generational consequences. Over the […]
The Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in the Natural Resource Governance (STA-NRG) Consortium which comprises of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), Silveira House, Habakkuk, Pact and International Senior Lawyers Partnership is convening a three-day policy dialogue with the Parliament Portfolio Committees on Investments and Commerce, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, Mines and Mining Development. Following the […]
Research demonstrates that artisanal and small-scale mining is a crucial source of revenue for women and their families. As a means of survival in the hyper inflationary and unstable economic period, more women have found themselves joining the artisanal mining sector taking on roles from panning and processing, to trading goods and services. They rely […]
DEADLINE:7 April 2021 Introduction Zimbabwe’s Community Areas Management Program for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) which came into existance in the 1980’s become a reference point informing regional and global discussion on Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). Frost and Bond (2008) refer to it as “the flagship community-based natural resource management programme in southern Africa”. CAMPFIRE […]