Eunica Pabwaungana (Shurugwi Community Development Trust) Three members from Unki mining company visited Village 4 on the 24th of September 2019 . They were meeting a community that comprises of all age groups, from teenagers to octogenarians. The agenda of the meeting was based on the community concerns over impacts of mining activities on the […]
Chipo ChaumbaZimbabwe Environmental Law Association senior programmes officer, Nyaradzo Mutonhori, says it is high time civil society organisations take an action-oriented approach on the implementation of constitutional provisions which call for transparency in the mining sector. Speaking at a breakfast meeting to discuss pertinent challenges, opportunities, and progress on the management of state owned enterprises […]
By Joshua Machinga The Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector for long has been under the scrutiny and criticised for promoting irresponsible and unsustainable mining operations. The sector which continues to be under the microscope is characterised by rampant criminality, violence (gangsterism), environmental degradation in the form of open (not rehabilitated) pits, gold rushes (recently […]
By Sophia Takuva The colonial era has marginalised the indigenous people in African from the riches of their land. The echoes of exploitation reverberate within our current democratic dispensation, ratcheting up tensions around land and resources. Although our mineral wealth is now theoretically shared by all, the realities of exclusion remain unchanged. Introduction Artisanal and small scale […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]