Relocate Lubimbi Villagers Within the Framework of Human Rights and Good Development – Hon Watson

(Hon Nicola Watson receiving Displacements Framework Communique from Lubimbi Councilor in 2022 during the National Displacements Indaba) Bulawayo Central Member of Parliament, Honorable Nicola Watson have called on the government to ensure that the Lubimbi community being displaced by Lake Gwayi-Shangani is relocated within the framework of human rights and good development. Hon Watson made... Continue Reading →

BULAWAYO ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS CHALLENGE TOYOTA ZIMBABWE SHOWROOM EIA REPORT

Bulawayo community environmental rights activists have challenged the Environmental Impact Assessment Report produced by Khumatso consultancy firm on behalf of Toyota Zimbabwe for the establishment of a showroom on stand number 18276BT next to the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in ward 5. Speaking during a validation meeting convened by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) at... Continue Reading →

BY-ELECTION VIOLENCE INTIMIDATES WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Incidences of political violence that marred the recently held Zimbabwean local authority by-elections are causing fear and intimidation amongst the community water and environmental rights defenders as they are scared to openly challenge environmental polluters (especially those linked to the political elites) for fear of victimization and violence. Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) environmental... Continue Reading →

Bulawayo slum residents drink from open wells

(Bulawayo female slum dweller drinks from an unprotected open well which is their only water source) Water poverty continues to haunt Bulawayo slum dwellers residing around the Ngozi Mine waste dumpsite. Due to their illegality, the local authority is not providing the slum dwellers with water services, and they resort to asking from nearby suburbs.... Continue Reading →

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