“When you are having a local community meeting, desist from buying your local MP or Councilor bottled water and instead give them that same water you drink so that they appreciate the water challenges that you are facing and take your water rights concerns seriously” said Khumbulani Maphosa, MIHR Coordinator while facilitating a water and... Continue Reading →
The Methodist Village of Hyde Park in peri-urban Bulawayo ward 17 have demanded that an indigenous quarry mine adhere to environmental management standards by implementing the pollution mitigation strategies detailed in their Environmental Impact Assessment Report. Realizing high levels of air and noise pollution by Vukuzenzele Stone Crushers, the Methodist Village Committee approached Matabeleland Institute... Continue Reading →
Will the victims of the Gukurahundi genocide perpetrated by the 1983 – 1987 Zimbabwe government to in Matabeleland and Midlands ever taste justice in their lifetime? Is the current government genuinely committed to genocide justice or just playing lip service? These and more have been the trending subjects of discussion in Zimbabwe in the past... Continue Reading →
(Ngozi Mine Dumpsite burning in Bulawayo. Picture taken on Sartuday 28 August 2021 by MIHR) Bulawayo’s Ngozi Mine dumpsite has been burning for 4 consecutive days releasing into the atmosphere noxious smoke and gases that pose serious implications for human rights and environmental management. The recent development follows other sporadic dumpsite fires that have been... Continue Reading →
The St Peters Village Environment Committee has begun formulating the local village environmental action plan to tackle a plethora of environmental problems in the village. Today (Thursday 26 August 2021) Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) trained 15 members of the committee who identified the following as environmental action plan issues: Lack of awareness and... Continue Reading →
Khami Prison (through officials and inmates) is causing massive deforestation of Bulawayo's Mazwi Nature Reserve and the areas surrounding the prison by chopping down big trees for firewood purposes.A Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) Monitoring Report verified the carnage and established that BCC rangers are turning a blind eye on this whilst local residents... Continue Reading →
Today (Monday 16 August 2021) MIHR's Movement for Environmental Management Action (MEMA) members engaged in online symbolic nonviolent actions highlighting the linkage between deforestation, water rights and climate justice. This action is part of the #ClaimYourWaterRights - Climate Justice initiative.
Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) is deeply disturbed by the continuous violation of children’s rights by faith communities across Zimbabwe, with the latest case of the 14 year old Memory Machaya who died giving birth in a faith shrine in Marange being one of the thousands of such incidences which go unreported and with... Continue Reading →
MIHR Congradulates the St Peters Village Committee in peri-urban Bulawayo ward 17 for successfully mobilizing the local business community to clean St Peters shops area which was littered with beer bottles and papers. The problem came to light on 30 July 2021 after Village Secretary Mr Lawrence Tshuma observed that the shops area was awash... Continue Reading →
Members of Parliament have called on the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) should hand back the Gwanda Municipality water treatment plant to the local authority as directed in 2016 in order to avert the continuous water disconnection and water challenges faced by the local... Continue Reading →
