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The Southern Africa Resource Watch was founded in 2007 and operated as a project within the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA). Its location and operations were primarily in SADC, well known as the world’s richest region in terms of extractive resources. While its establishment was related to the global natural resources boom of the 2000s, SARW outlived that specific economic boom as well as numerous extractive industry cycles over the years.
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Surexploitation et Injustice contre les Creuseurs Artisanaux dans la Chaine d’Approvionnement du Cobalt Congolais
Mining regime tax in Zambia
SADC Extractive Industry Quarterly Monitor
News
Press Release
Justice for Miners and Vulnerable Communities in the Time of COVID 19
Noting the serious and unprecedented threat presented by the COVID19 pandemic, the Justice for Miners (JFM) campaign appeals to the general public, the government of...
Press Release
SARW calls on Mining Companies in Africa to Support the Fight against Coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19) in the Workplace and in Surrounding Communities
Following calls made by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the UN Secretary General and the World Health Organization (WHO) for businesses and governments to...
Press Release
First Quantum Minerals and the New Science Lab at Kyafukuma School
Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) commends First Quantum Minerals (FQM) on the decision to support the community of Kyafukuma1 by providing support to the education...
Events
Validation Meeting on the ASGM Formalisation in Zimbabwe Study
Event Date: 26 March 2020
Event Time: 09:00-12.30 p.m
Speakers: Dr G. Mkodzongi & Veronica Zano
Location: Monomotapa Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe
Nexus of Climate change and the Extractive Industries in Southern Africa
Event Date: 15 &16 June 2020
Event Time: 08:30-16:30
Partner organizations: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
Location: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo