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By Staff Reporter
THE shame-faced government Tuesday moved to amend the Statutory Instrument (SI) legalising the eviction of Chilonga villagers in Chiredzi from their ancestral lands.
The evictions of over 12 500 villagers are to pave way for a lucerne grass project spearheaded by Dendairy, a Kwekwe-based company.
However, the eviction notices have followed a major outcry from ordinary Zimbabweans, civic society organisations and opposition political parties.
The amendment, made in an extraordinary Government Gazette, is seen as a
However, in the amendment, government only altered the wording in some provisions without necessarily affecting the motive, implying the evictions could still go on.
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The East African
Wednesday December 16 2020
Summary
In the mining community, child labour has increased since the lockdown, with many children getting involved to try and earn income for their families, study shows.
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Reduced economic activity brought about by the prolonged lockdown to slow down the spread of Covid-19 may be fuelling child labour in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines.
Latest research by the Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela), a vocal watchdog of the country s mining sector, shows an increase in the number of children being forced to work in informal gold mines.
Primary school-going girls are also venturing into sex work in large numbers in the gold mining areas, Zela says.