Community Blogs

22 April 2022 Compiled by Cosmas Sunguro and Proud Nyakuni The recent interface between Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and communities from Marange and Chimanimani brought a glimmer of hope especially on environmental management. The workshop ran from 20 to 22 April 2022 were hosted by EMA and ZELA in Arda …

16 May 2022 Compiled by Josphat Makaza- Chiadzwa Community Development Trust In 2020 Alrosa Zimbabwe engaged the local leadership in ward 24 with the intention of mining diamonds. The officials met with a few individuals who granted the mine a social licence to operate.  They informed the community representatives that …

22 April 2022 Compiled by Ngoni. T. Maunga, Tildar Nyakunu and Zvaitwa Katsidzira. The mining of diamond in Marange came with destruction and pollution of the environment due to land degradation, deforestation, discharge of effluents, blasting, and dust emissions. Lack of progressive rehabilitation of land and implementation of precautions to …

21 April 2022. Compiled by Cosmas Sunguro Some community monitors are facing a plethora of challenges in accessing the Environmental Impact Assessment certifications and any material related to the management of the environment from the offices of the Environmental Management Agency (EMA). This was revealed during a training by ZELA …

07/04/22 Compiled Mnyalo Sibanda Culture is a difficult thing to change. Culture is what builds the community. As much as we would love to look deep in Gender Based violence, we must consider the best ways to deal with people’s cultures and beliefs. All what is done is derived from …

Josphat Makaza -Chiadzwa Community Development Trust (A member of Publish What You Pay Zimbabwe) 29 March 2022 Following calls by civil society groups and community-based organisations that the government through the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company ZCDC should conduct a mine site self-assessment test, the diamond mining company has adhered to …

Compiled by Eunica Pabwaungana -Shurugwi Community Development Trust 29 March 2022 Long lasting friendship is usually built upon transparency and accountability. Ward 16 and 19 communities gathered at Unki mine Gazebo Nyathi campgrounds in Shurugwi. This was a fifth Community Engagement Forum (CEF) meeting which is done quarterly following the …

Compiled by Kundai Chikonzo 24 March 2022 As we celebrate the women month, #break the bias, I KUNDAI CHIKONZO women miner would like to thank Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA). Thank you so much for the valuable training that ZELA as an organisation gave me, I am now taking opportunities …

By Shuvai Mutami 17 March 2022 Females in the mining sector in Zvishavane sometimes face challenges that affect their full participation in the sector. Sexual violence against women at some mining sites are rampant.  “A lot of women are discriminated against especially where extensive mining takes place,” once said Henrietta …

By Billian Tino Matambo 17 March 2022 In as much as it is said the arm of the law is long, it’s a scary and disheartening thought for most women, knowing that some perpetrators of sexual violance are roaming out there playing hide and seek with the law enforcement agents. …