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Our land: A coalition of 101 civil society groups has joined in protesting Beifa Investments’ mining exploration (above), but one protester, Never Tshuma, was arrested and charged. Photo: Centre for Natural Resource Governance
ACTION NETWORK

Zimbabweans protest coal mine

A community resists as an exploratory Chinese coal mining project on Dinde ancestral land forges ahead

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
Precious resource: Nyantuwe River risks being polluted by Beifa Investments’ proposed coal-mining project in Dinde, Zimbabwe, according to a coalition of NGOs. Photo: Centre for Natural Resource Governance
ANCESTRAL LAND

NGOs call for stoppage of ‘cruel’ coal project in Zimbabwe

A coalition of NGOs is on a big drive to stop the Beifa coal project in Dinde, as well as casting a spotlight on mineral governance in the country

  • Chris Gilili
2 min read
Safeguarding the future: Isaac Sekwama believes the government cares more about the SEZ than the people who live on the land. Photo: James Puttick.
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY

Musina-Makhado SEZ: ‘We don’t want Limpopo Valley to turn into industrial wasteland’

The government should find a less environmentally sensitive site for the special economic zone, especially if water can’t be secured, EIA report finds

  • Sheree Bega
10 min read
The Zambian government promotes large-scale agricultural investments to diversify its economy and reduce rural poverty.
AGRICULTURE

After seven years, displaced Zambian villagers might get land

A high court ruling in Zambia could mean redistributed land and compensation for communities who were evicted for commercial farming

  • Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu
4 min read