Compiled by Moreblessings Chidaushe 22nd April, 2020 On the 22nd April 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a R500 billion COVID-19 socio-economic relief package for South Africa – cast in a six months’ timeframe. The package is equivalent to 10% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – this is no small package by any measure. […]
Compiled by Moreblessings Chidaushe (16 April 2020) COVID-19 has become the greatest calamity of our time, at no point in our lifetime have we ever witnessed an event of this magnitude, speed, impact and disruption, one that literally grounds the whole world, like the WHOLE WIDE WORLD and leaves it speechless. We are all inundated […]
By Nqobizitha Ndlovu-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Introduction The first quarter of the year has seen the outbreak and fight against the COVID-19 epidemic eclipse all world issues. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the disease a pandemic on 11 March 2020, and currently it has infected over 2 million and killed over 133, 000 people […]
By Nobuhle T Mabhikwa -Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Small-scale mining has become an important source of livelihood for Zimbabwe’s poor and other vulnerable populations. Some rural populations in the country depend on mining as a primary source of income or as a critical supplement to meagre farming revenues. Women have not been left behind, several […]
By Mukasiri Sibanda-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Ms Nyanzi, a Ugandan and a trained medical anthropologist once said in a story posted by The New York Times “…social media is very elitist, by using it, i know we are excluding a huge majority of the population, but it scares the powerful…” Although Nyanzi was challenging a Ugandan ruler, […]
07/04/2020 Article by –Mufute Tawanda Over 1000 families who were relocated from Marange Diamond fields to pave way for commercial diamond mining are using one clinic which was constructed by Anjin Mining Company. The clinic offers services to nearby squatter villagers. The medical personnel’s at the clinic work tirelessly to serve this huge population. The […]
This morning(3 April 2020) we shared with you an update that we had filed an urgent court application on behalf of Arda Transau Community.They had not had water for four weeks. We are glad to advise that ZESA has since reconnected electricity to ZINWA water pumps within the Community. ZELA files an urgent chamber application […]
By Tsaurai Andrew Kambunda – Oxfam Zimbabwe, Extractives Programme Lead and Mukasiri Sibanda – ZELA’s Economic Governance Officer Despite posing many challenges, the lockdown, a move to stem the spread of COVID 19 must not lead to the hibernation of civil society actors. Under these difficult times, the lock down delivers a rare opportunity for […]