Raising a generation of women with a difference @ mining.#AMI 2019 9th Mar 2019 sophtak After watching the documentary for ASMining case studies from Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe on the first day of Alternative Mining Indaba that was held from 04-06 February 2019 in Capetown. Many people were moved with the inclusion of […]
Protect women miners from machete wars: Zela By Newsday – March 11, 2019 By VENERANDA LANGA THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has expressed concern over machete wars in the gold mining sector, which they said was scaring away women miners. In a statement yesterday, Zela urged government to come up with gender-sensitive policies and […]
#BalanceforBetter #LeaveNoWomanBehind #WomenCan #ResponsibleInv The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) would like to join the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day. Indeed the 8th of March marks a very important day on the worlds calendar as the world joins hands to celebrate womens achievements. The theme for International Women’s Day this year, […]
Making diamonds sparkle for sustainable local economic development Diamonds4Dev By Richard Ncube and Mukasiri Sibanda If Zimbabwe is to pull herself out of the deep-rooted socio-economic hardships, part of the solution lies with good management of mineral resources. Inescapably, heeding lessons from Marange diamonds debacle, for instance, is key to unleash the country mineral wealth […]
Battlefields disaster: Lessons learnt – February 19, 2019 By Mukasiri Sibanda A day before the Valentine’s Day on February 13, tragedy struck Zimbabwe’s artisanal gold mining sector. How ironic. Gold is used to produce jewellery, a symbol of love and wealth. However, the Battlefields disaster, where eight miners were rescued alive and 24 bodies were […]
With roughly $15 billion allegedly lost from Marange diamonds, the opportunity to fight inequality through domestic resource mobilisation was possible squandered. All is not lost though. This undesirable situation can be reversed in the quest to fight inequality. Government, therefore, must immediately adopt the following measures to ensure that diamonds champion the fight against inequality […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 JANUARY 2019 The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) is saddened by the reports of events that occurred at around 22:00hrs on the 21st January in ARDA Transau. ZELA received disturbing reports that on the said night, a group of men who identified themselves as members of the security forces intimidated and […]
KP Civil Society Coalition 2018 Plenary Closing Speech 16 November 2018 Brussels, Belgium Dear Participants and Observers, Firstly, let me thank the European Union for successfully chairing the 2018 Plenary and for supporting the participation of CSC members. On behalf of the CSC I would also like to express our admiration and thanks to Mark […]
Reform is high on the agenda of this year’s Kimberley Process Plenary under EU Chairmanship. The Kimberley Process – once a pioneering tripartite effort to stop diamonds from financing rebel groups – is struggling to provide an adequate answer to numerous human rights challenges associated with the diamond sector today. Aware of these enormous challenges, […]