- Farmers in Ward 30 are currently clearing fields, buying fertilizer and seed for the 2026/27 season.
- Instead of being left to farm, they are waking up to find white pegs in their fields, marking land for Sinomine's new smelting plant.
What are we going to eat
Though the government is calling for value addition we discover that sinomine is transporting unprocessed ore ,which is known as lump we can't lose more as Zimbabweans stop it!!!
#valueforourminerals#frompittoport#letsbefare
🌍 𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗪 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗞𝗢𝗞 | 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗬
At the International People’s Assembly, alongside the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings, SARW and its partners will launch a report calling for united African resource governance, industrialisation and development justice.
Africa’s mineral wealth must serve its people.
#OneVoiceOneStrategy #SARW
@Shadaya_Knight Shaking bums sometimes in not trying to have attention , vanenge vatopedzawo week hustling so vanenge vakuenjoyer success of their hustling kungoti munongofunga kuty vauya kuzohuraa # bvisai pfungwa dzechihure baba
𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘.
Critical minerals are often discussed through markets, numbers and supply chains.
But behind every mine are people and communities living with the realities of extraction, from health and environmental impacts to displacement and loss of livelihoods.
𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗪𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡.
🎥 At Whose Cost?
#AtWhoseCost #CriticalMinerals #Mining
Statistics from Bilad shows that from 2023 upto 2026 33 families have be directly affected with mining activities 11 in murape 9 affected with sinomine 2 by Hochoi mine ,ward 30 first 10 in 2023 and currently 12 all by sinomine.
The journey was long , the battle for land justice was real ,the one whom we think was going to defend our tights betrayed our hope for justice, the next steps are loading one day it will make sense #viva murape 9 viva#
SADC People’s Summit: “What Happens in the DRC Is Already in This Room With Us”
Across the opening solidarity statements at the 2026 SADC People’s Summit in Durban, delegates described struggles that cross borders: extractivism, inequality, displacement, migration, conflict, shrinking civic space and communities carrying the costs of economies from which they benefit too little.
The Democratic Republic of Congo brought those concerns into sharp focus through the experiences of communities living at the heart of one of the world’s most important mineral economies.
Advocate Monica Mumbi Mbugua (@MMbugua64244), PAMOJA Programme Coordinator, ESG & Corporate Accountability Lead, and Research and Policy Officer at Southern Africa Resource Watch (@The_SARWatch) introduced a recorded solidarity message prepared by colleagues and communities in the DRC.
Communities spoke of poverty and unemployment despite immense mineral wealth; inadequate infrastructure and services; displacement; threatened rivers and soils; exclusion from decisions; and the need for a fair share of the benefits generated from their resources.
Their call was unequivocal:
“There can be no Just Energy Transition without justice for communities.”
Adv Mbugua connected those experiences to everyone in the room:
“What happens in the DRC is already in this room with us.”
The minerals extracted there travel far beyond mining communities — into the phones, laptops, batteries and technologies increasingly powering the global energy transition.
But the DRC contribution was not only testimony about harm. It also showed what community voice and sustained advocacy can achieve.
In an update from Kassapa, Lubumbashi, community monitor Kambala Noe reported that after pollution affecting Kassapa was raised with provincial and national authorities, CDM was directed to asphalt the road connecting Kassapa and Kamatete, with works underway.
Technology can also strengthen solidarity rather than replace it.
Through the Africa Mining Accountability Platform (AMAP), communities can document what they are experiencing. The African Critical Minerals Atlas (ACMA) connects local realities to the wider geography of extraction. The Pamoja Critical Minerals Alliance (@PamojaCMA) can help carry community evidence and advocacy across borders.
The people, however, remain the point.
By the end of the Summit, that principle was reflected in the wider call for stronger community participation, protection of workers and communities, fairer sharing of mineral revenues, and a rejection of a green transition that changes the minerals being extracted without changing who controls resources, bears the costs and receives the benefits.
Technology can help voices travel. Regional solidarity must help those voices carry power.
#SADCPeoplesSummit #DRC #SARW #CriticalMinerals #JustTransition #CommunityRights #RegionalSolidarity #AMAP #ACMA #PAMOJA
Hi. Ndakabirwawo mari mumota. These are images of the suspects who stole about US$3,700 that I had left in my car.
The suspects first followed me into the bank, where I spent about an hour. After I left the bank, they continued following me to my workplace.
When I arrived at work, I left the money in my car and went into one of my shops to get some change. One of the suspects, who was wearing black, stayed outside watching my movements and appeared to communicate with the other suspect, who was wearing cream. The suspect in cream then went to my car and broke into it.
The suspects used an object to insert into the car’s keyhole to unlock and open the vehicle before stealing the money.
If you recognise any of these suspects or have any information that could help identify or locate them, please contact us. A reward will be offered for information that leads to their arrest.
@PoliceZimbabwe
This week SARW is in Zambia for the Mid-Term Review of the Zambia Critical Minerals Strategy and Launch of the Assessment Report on Local Content in Zambia's #MiningSector.
Delivering the opening remarks, Mr. Tobias Musonda, Director of Policy and Information at @MinistryMines, Zambia, stated, "The purpose of this retreat is to provide a platform for stakeholders, and collectively review the Zambia Critical Minerals Strategy, and provide technical input towards the preparation of the revised strategy."
In his opening remarks, Dr. Claude KAbemba, Executive Director of the @The_SARWatch added, "I am particularly pleased that this review will provide the opportunity to bring together different actors and the state. For SARW, this work consolidates our Pan-African participation."
Closing the opening remarks, Dr. Hapenga Monty Kabeta, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development, stated: "This review must ensure that mining contributes to industrialization, employment creation, and employment diversification. Equally important, is the need for the strategy to impress the principals of sustainability."
Over the course of the retreat, discussions and group sessions centering the refinement and improving of the Zambia Critical Minerals Strategy will aim to produce an updated, context-specific strategy for the country.
#Zambia #MMMD #CriticalMinerals #CriticalMineralsStrategy #Study #Assessment #GreenTransition #Mining #LocalContent #ValueAddition #ESG
🚨 The Weekly | Issue 24 is Out!
From displacement in Bikita & violence in Mazowe's goldfields to community voices from Manhize and women's access to justice in Marange, this edition explores human stories behind Zimbabwe's extractive industries.
Read and engage...