As the world grapples with the adverse effects of climate change which has over the past decades led to a rise in global temperatures and intense extreme weather conditions which are hitting hard on nations while contributing to food insecurity, population displacement as well as stress on water resources, many questions have emerged as to […]
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By Ndaizivei Garura Environmental Social Governance (ECG) reporting has come under the limelight for the wrong reasons in Zimbabwe. Also known as sustainability reporting, it is a practice of publicly disclosing a company’s environmental, social, and governance performance. It also involves the publication of a report that provides information about a company’s sustainability practices, policies,
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By Tracy Mutowekuziva As the country prepares for the 23 August elections, the question of natural resource governance, ownership and benefit sharing is taking centre stage. Demand for natural resource transparency and accountability has become the new national question. CNRG is one of the organizations that has crisscrossed Zimbabwe for more than a decade raising
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By Tracy Mutowekuziva The tragic Kamandama mine disaster which occurred on the 6th of June 1972, in the mining town of Hwange after a methane gas explosion caused the mine to collapse trapping and killing 427 miners remains the worst mining disaster in the history of Zimbabwe and the second in Africa only to the
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By Rachel Jambo Coal mining has played a significant role in Zimbabwe’s economy and energy sector, contributing significantly to both the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and foreign currency earnings. Coal has also contributed as a source of electricity helping ease the electricity burden. Coal mining activities in Zimbabwe date back to the 1800s.The Hwange
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By Ndaizivei Garura The global demand for critical minerals like copper, lithium, chrome, and cobalt has increased mining activities in countries like Zimbabwe. These minerals – essential in producing modern technologies, such as smartphones and electric batteries, have been presented as a game changer. However, they are leaving a trail of destruction locally in communities
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Call upon the Government and its relevant Ministries to address the mining sector’s poor working conditions, salaries, and benefits. Harare – 6 July 2023 – The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) and Zimbabwe Diamond & Allied Mineral Workers Union (ZDAMWU) have noted with concern poor working conditions and low wages faced by mine workers
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On the 20th of June 2023, CNRG hosted an awareness and conscious-building workshop on transparency and accountability with Residents’ Associations and CBOs from Hwange and Vic Falls to train them on how they can effectively hold local authorities to account for service delivery in the communities. The workshop ran concurrently with one of the objectives
On the 18th of June 2023, the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) hosted a Capacity Building Workshop for Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) and communities in Hwange to capacitate them to advocate for clean and Renewable energy under the Tackling Climate Change and Energy Transitions in Zimbabwe Project (TaCCET-Zim) in Victoria Falls. With financial support from
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On the 17th of June 2023, the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) hosted a belated Kamandama mine disaster commemoration to remember the 427 victims of one of the worst mining catastrophes in the country. The disaster which took place on 6 June 1972 when a series of underground explosions occurred at the Wankie No.2
