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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The Centre for Natural Resource Governance joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD2022), Women’s month and participating in the #BreakTheBias campaign. CNRG pays tribute to women in resource-rich communities who endure systematic and systemic exclusion from natural resource governance by the state, patriarchy and capitalist structures. Premeditated or not, biases
#BREAKTHEBIAS: EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRAUMATIZING WOMEN IN ZIMBABWE Read More »
Civil Society Organisations operating in Mutare welcome the notice by Freestone Mines (Pvt) Ltd to cancel the Dangamvura Mountain lease agreement. Through their legal practitioners, Mushoriwa Pasi Corporate Attorneys, Freestone Mines (Pvt) Ltd wrote to Mutare City Council notifying the local authority of their decision to cancel the lease agreement. According to a memo by
We, the civil society and residents’ groups operating in Mutare, hereby restate our position regarding the intention by Freestone Quarrying Company to carry out quarrying activities at Dangamvura Mountain. We take note of a recent meeting held at a town hall in Mutare where Freestone Mining, acting in cahoots with some officials at Mutare City
We, the Zimbabwe Civil Society groups, united in our common objective of defending our communities and national heritage against investment projects that disempower and impoverish our people, seek to register our deep concern with the behaviour of Chinese business operations in Zimbabwe. Our joint statement is not meant to defame China or trigger xenophobic resentment
The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) joins the nation in commemorating the heroic sacrifices made by the Zimbabwean people – both the liberation fighters and the civilians – in liberating the country from colonial rule. We cherish the umbilical cord that united our people for a common cause and vision for a free, democratic
IN INDEPENDENT ZIMBABWE, ZIMBABWEANS ARE LIVING ON THE EDGE DUE TO EXTRACTIVISM Read More »
Press Release 18/03/2019 Whilst human life is beyond monetary value, the loss in terms of damage to property can reach billions of dollars, and some of the families may never recover from their loss unless they are properly compensated. And yet the big question is who must take responsibility for compensating the affected people? The
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