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#ThrowbackThursday |
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📅 September 26, 2024
📍 Harare, Zimbabwe
🚨 Report Launch Alert!
“Investments or Plunder?” An Assessment of the Chinese Impacts in Zimbabwe's Extractive Sector 📘
An exposé by
@CNRG_ZIM on Chinese investments in Zimbabwe's mining sector. The report highlights how Chinese mining ventures have led to widespread environmental degradation, disregard for the cultural rights of host communities, and, in many cases, the violation of the country’s labor laws, often with apparent impunity.
🔍 What we uncovered was staggering:
📉 Chinese investors now control 90% of Zimbabwe’s mining.
💰 $2.79 BILLION pumped into the sector in 2023 alone.
🛑 But at what cost?
📢 Key Findings:
⚠️ Illegal mining operations 🧾
🤝 Bribery of local leaders 🧍🏽♂️
🌍 Environmental destruction 🌿
🧑🏿🤝🧑🏽 Community displacement & unrest
💥 Labour rights violations
📸 “These projects are found in all 64 districts of Zimbabwe, directly impacting millions of Zimbabweans. The stakes are incredibly high, as the consequences of these investments ripple through communities, affecting livelihoods, environmental sustainability, and social cohesion.”
“These projects are everywhere—from Mutoko to Hwange—and they are rewriting the rules without consent.” —
@FMaguwu, CNRG executive director.
📣 “This isn’t an investment. It’s modern-day plunder—enabled by silence and impunity.” —
@tracymutoe ,CNRG senior programs officer.
⚖️ CNRG calls for:
✅ Stronger regulation
✅ Genuine community consultation
✅ Transparency & accountability
✅ Environmental & labour justice
🚨 The full report is available to the public.
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shorturl.at/a5JyB
Let’s raise our voices for a just, sustainable future.
💬 Have your communities been impacted? Tell us your story.
#NaturalResourceJustice #MiningWatchZW #StopPlunder #ZimbabweExtractives #ChinaInAfrica #EnvironmentalJustice @DeproseM @daddyhope