Mutoko villagers cry foul over insidious granite deals

By Cosmas Sunguro Mutoko villagers of Chagumarira and surrounding communities living near Illford mine are up in arms with the employer as they feel they are being treated unfairly. Like a jilted lover, they feel they were misused while the company made a lot of fortune. The argue that the fortune was realised out of […]

Public Financial Management: Why access to information is critical?

By Norman Mudadisi, Vusumuzi Ndlovu , Samantha Manyeka and Siduduzile Masilela Lack of trust and confidence in how government generates, distributes, spends and accounts for public resources to meet the development needs of the citizens is a major challenge. Gwanda residents have lamented lack of transparency and accountability in the management of revenue generated from […]

Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba

The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA),Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development, Zimbabwe Council of Churches & the African Forum on Debt & Development will from the 18th-20th of September 2019 host the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba at Holiday Inn Hotel in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Host a Mining Indaba Side Session . . . Call for expression […]

Citizens call for responsible investment

15 March 2019 Compiled by Clarity Sibanda-ZELA As we continue with our mandate of raising awareness among communities to assert and claim their environmental, economic, social and cultural rights within the natural resource and environmental sectors we decided to capture citizens’ voices through images. The month of February saw us touring resource rich communities in […]