By Staff Reporter
Mutare: Local environmental watchdog, Green Governance Zimbabwe Trust (GGZT) has won the Global Innovation Justice Challenge bankrolled by Netherlands based organisation HiiL.
Igor from Ukraine scooped the top award while Luma Law from South Africa came second with GGZT settling for third position.
The HiiL Justice Innovation programme seeks to support justice innovators with support ranging from Justice Entrepreneurship School, seed money, workshops and support from experienced mentors for them to improve the impact and effectiveness of their legal innovations.
Under this project, GGZT is running a programme called TheLegal4ArtisinalMining (Legal4ASM).
This is a platform which delivers legal assistance to artisanal miners and their service provider through providing an accessible, affordable and user-friendly service for them to get redress and recourse.