The ActionAid Zimbabwe and the Parliament of Zimbabwe’s Public Accounts Committee convened a meeting aimed at tightening scrutiny over mining State-Owned Enterprises, amid mounting concern over governance lapses and weak environmental disclosure in the sector.
In a joint update, ActionAid Zimbabwe said the session sought to “boost transparency & accountability in Mining State Owned Enterprises,” with discussions centred on “audit findings, governance and Environmental Social Governance disclosure.”
The meeting comes at a time when mining remains one of Zimbabwe’s largest foreign currency earners, yet SOEs in the sector have faced recurring audit queries relating to financial management, procurement practices and compliance failures.
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According to the organisers, the objectives of the engagement were to “Share preliminary findings & recommendations from a national enquiry of human rights cases around environmental governance and mining activities,” to “Align inquiry findings with Responsible Mining Audits,” and to “Strengthen collaboration between ZHRC, government & mining sector.”
The focus on Environmental, Social and Governance disclosure signals growing pressure on public mining entities to move beyond production targets and address community grievances, land degradation and revenue accountability.
The involvement of the Public Accounts Committee places parliamentary oversight at the centre of the process, potentially raising the stakes for SOEs that have historically operated with limited public transparency.
The engagement is expected to translate into enforceable corrective action, including implementation of audit recommendations and measurable ESG reporting, will determine if the initiative marks substantive reform or remains another consultative exercise in Zimbabwe’s long-running governance debate over extractive industries.
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