Skip links
Janet Zhou

Tag: Zimbabwe

Title card: Conflict Is a Design Question, Governing Critical Minerals So Communities Gain, by Janet Zhou
Conflict Is a Design Question: Governing Critical Minerals So Communities Gain

Conflict Is a Design Question: Governing Critical Minerals So Communities Gain

in Tags

Last week in Bulawayo, alongside Mine Entra 2026, we sat down with communities living on top of Zimbabwe’s critical minerals. The sessions were coordinated by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association with support from the Southern Africa Trust. The purpose was to ask the people closest

Turning Curses into Possibilities: Reflections from the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba 2025

Turning Curses into Possibilities: Reflections from the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba 2025

in Tags

Every September, the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI) brings together a powerful mix of voices: communities from mining areas, civil society organisations, academics, activists, government officials, and, increasingly, private sector players. This year, from the 17th to the 19th, I joined comrades and colleagues who,

Is Zimbabwe’s Arrears Clearance and Debt Resolution Structured Dialogue the panacea to decades long debt crisis?

Is Zimbabwe’s Arrears Clearance and Debt Resolution Structured Dialogue the panacea to decades long debt crisis?

in Tags

In the early 2000s, Zimbabwe went on to default on its external debt obligations as its political and economic crisis turned ugly with the Fast Track Land Reform Programme causing internal chaos, volatility and shocks to capital. Arrears and penalties began to accumulate and currently

Breaking out of the Boxes: The Urgency of Representation for Marginalized Groups in Zimbabwe

Breaking out of the Boxes: The Urgency of Representation for Marginalized Groups in Zimbabwe

in Tags

Have you ever thought about the spaces where decisions are made and the people who are invited to participate in those spaces? Unfortunately, in many places, including Zimbabwe, these spaces are often dominated by men and women are only included as tokens. This means that

Why Zimbabweans Just Don’t Matter to South Africa: The Implications of Protectionism and Political Crises on Human Rights and Regional Stability

Why Zimbabweans Just Don’t Matter to South Africa: The Implications of Protectionism and Political Crises on Human Rights and Regional Stability

in Tags

Recently, I participated in a powerful policy dialogue organised by SAPES on the plight of Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa. Following the decision not to renew Exemption permits for 178 000 Zimbabweans at the end of December 2021, the existential xenophobia heightened in 2008 which

‘Of well-manicured gardens of plenty and castles watered by tears: Maladministration and Impunity have been the sanctions imposed on the majority”

‘Of well-manicured gardens of plenty and castles watered by tears: Maladministration and Impunity have been the sanctions imposed on the majority”

in Tags

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Ms. Alena Douhan, will undertake an official visit to Zimbabwe from 18 to 28 October 2021 following the invitation from the Government of Zimbabwe. The UN

Unpacking the Zimbabwe Government’s COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package

Unpacking the Zimbabwe Government’s COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package

in Tags

On 4 May 2020, the Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, announced a ZWL$18 billion COVID-19 economic recovery and stimulus package including measures to provide liquidity support to several sectors, including agriculture, mining, tourism, SMEs, expand social safety nets and