Civil society organisations are upping the ante for government to embrace transparency in the mining sector to bridge economic inequalities through tangible community benefits from natural resource revenue. At the end of the 9th edition of the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI) civil society organisations, community
BULAWAYO- A top human rights activist says mining is a new form of colonization which is being advanced against African countries that are failing to place sustainable economic development at the centre of mining strategies. Director of Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) Farai Maguwu, said
As the destruction of wetlands continues in Harare, calls have been made for the amendment of the country’s Environmental Management Act to limit powers of the responsible Minister. By Edgar Gweshe Under Zimbabwe’s Environmental Management Act, the responsible Minister has powers to allow or stop developments on
A post dialogue meeting to the 6th edition of the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI) was held at the Meikles hotel on 07 November 2017. This was a jump start to a series of reflective conversations on ZAMI 2017 Action Agenda that will be jointly facilitated
“Much as government prides itself as a champion on broad based economic empowerment through indigenisation programmes, without access to information, citizens are blindfolded to see how their mineral wealth is being accounted for.” By Mukasiri Sibanda For a country replete with mineral wealth, the national budget is
Value addition and beneficiation of minerals before export is one of the key pillars of Zimbabwe’s goal to create value, employment and accelerated industrial development, Minister of State for Manicaland Affairs, Mandi Chimene has said. By Clarity Sibanda The Minister who was represented by Lucky Bhasopo, a
MUTARE- At least 26 families from Tinoengana village, in Chiadzwa face forced eviction from the diamonds fields, five months after Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) started mining in their backyards. The families were made aware of their plight on Tuesday when a high-powered delegation including security
As part of concerted efforts to boost Zimbabwe’s economic growth through the mining sector, government has been urged to come up with policies that decriminalize artisanal mining. Speaking during a post Zimbabwe Alternate Mining Indaba (ZAMI) briefing in the capital, Zimbabwe Environment Lawyers Association (ZELA) Legal
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