Pollution has become a major concern in communities hosting extractive industries, especially in Hwange and other communities along the Deka river such as Mashala and Mukuyu. The main types of pollution affecting these communities include air and water which have hindered their livelihoods and their day-to-day living. By Vannessa Boka Hwange residents have reported high […]
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In a world striving for progress and human rights, it is disheartening to acknowledge that the practice of slave wages still exists. Such is the case in Zimbabwe, where mine workers endure deplorable conditions and receive meagre compensation for their backbreaking labour. Mining is a vital sector in Zimbabwe’s economy and contributes significantly to its
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Picture: Africa Renewal The constitution of Zimbabwe in section 24 mandates the government to adopt policies and measures to provide everyone with an opportunity to work in a freely chosen activity. It goes on further to mandate the state to secure full employment and remove restrictions that unnecessarily inhibit or prevent people from working, sub-Section
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On the 8th and 9th of June 2023, the Centre for Natural Resource Governance hosted the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) and mining workers in Mutare for a Mining Communities Human Rights Vulnerability Assessment workshop to equip mining workers with skills necessary to bargain for better working conditions and a healthy working
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05 June 2023. Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Environment Day. World Environment Day is an annual event led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and is celebrated on June 5 every year for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment. This
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Yesterday, the 22nd of May 2023, the Kimberley Process annual Intersessional meeting roared to life in Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe is the 2023 KP Chair and is therefore privileged to host the intersessional and plenary later in the year. Delegates from all over the world representing governments, business and civil society are gathered at this event
The Executive Director’s Welcome Note Farai Maguwu, CNRG Executive Director Greetings from the Executive Director’s desk! Dear Friends and family, it is my utmost pleasure to welcome you to this edition of our Weekly, it was an eventful week in natural resource governance! My visit with Professor Patrick Bond to Bikita Minerals, aka, Sinomine on
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18 April 2023. Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) joins the rest of the nation in commemorating Zimbabwe’s Independence Day. The importance of self-determination and independence from colonial domination cannot be overemphasised. On this day we remember all the sacrifices made by Zimbabweans – both on the battlefront and in the communities – to free
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31 March 31, 2023. Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) is deeply concerned with shocking evidence of rampant gold smuggling and money laundering revealed in the recently published two of a four-part documentary series by Aljazeera’s investigative unit (I-UNIT). The Gold Mafia report confirms and validates the findings of a research report published by CNRG
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llicit financial flows (IFFs) in the artisanal mining sector in Zimbabwe are responsible for leakages of an estimated 3 tonnes of gold, valued at approximately USD157 million every month. The sector has now spread its tentacles from alluvial gold deposits along rivers and dry riverbeds to large scale disused mines that are now patronized by
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