Organised Violence & Torture
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) were reported as the main perpetrators of violence. The country is currently under threats of...
View Article‘I collected a tin of LICE for Mugabe’: Protest pastor
Pastor Patrick Mugadza The Daily News quotes Patrick Mugadza (his other name is Phillip) from Kariba saying: “I had collected lice because I wanted to bring them over just to say Mr President these are...
View ArticleThree Bills Sent to President for Assent
Finance Bill [2nd March] Appropriation (2017) Bill [2nd March] Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill [7th March] [this is the “Bond Notes Bill”]. Biometric Registration for MPs and Parliamentary...
View ArticleRita Makarau abandons political parties meeting
ZEC chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau The Meeting was set to begin at 830AM and ending at 12Noon at ZEC Headquarters in Harare. This development happens at the backdrop of the National Election Reform...
View ArticleZimbabwe Yadzoka/Mayibuye iZimbabwe rallies behind NERA demo
This is a demonstration against electoral theft ahead of the 2018 watershed polls. As Zimbabwe Yadzoka/Mayibuye iZimbabwe, we reiterate that free and fair elections are a panacea to the current...
View ArticleCHRA statement on World Water Day
A broken sewer pipe discharges raw sewage into Marimba River which transports water to Harare’s major source of water, Lake Chivero. Pic by CHRA World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means...
View ArticleImplement mayors’ directive urgently and save residents from extortion
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni The disregard of Mayor Manyenyeni’s directive comes at a time Wellcash debt collectors have been terrorizing and extorting residents who owe the City of Harare in unpaid...
View ArticlePhilippine student in Marathon to raise money for Zimbabwe’s rural school...
I’m up early to train! Sub-5 hours is the goal, $500 for the kids in Zimbabwe. Let’s go! Paolo, who turns 34 two days before the marathon, only arrived in New Zealand on 17 February 2017. He is...
View ArticleRural Vote crucial to break Zanu PF hegemony
In 2000 there were 99.97 % of registered voters in rural areas compared to 67.94% of voters in the urban areas. There were irregularities in 2013 with more registered voters in a district than the...
View ArticlePublic Hearings on (1) Judicial Laws Amendment Bill
(3) Estate Administrators Amendment Bill HARARE PUBLIC HEARING RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY 25th MARCH The Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs public hearings on the Judicial...
View ArticleHamandishe, Mwadzura and Murinda fire warning shots
While Roy Mwadzura defeated Ashley Nyarugwe of Mabvuku High school in the fifth and final round in a pulsating game. Tanaka Muchesa won a gold medal in the under 15 boys followed by Blessing Munemo of...
View ArticleTsvangirai’s public statement to the people of Zimbabwe
Morgan Tsvangirai Fellow Zimbabweans, I want to say from the outset thank you for making me wiser. After a one-and-half months tour to all the country’s provinces and listening to your many voices,...
View ArticleUS celebrates progress on World TB Day
USAID started its TB program in Zimbabwe in 2008, partnering with Zimbabwe’s National TB Control Programme and a non-governmental organization called The International Union Against Tuberculosis and...
View ArticleWatch: Nera demonstration
Tendai Biti, Didymus Mutasa and Morgan Tsvangirai at Freedom Square The post Watch: Nera demonstration appeared first on The Zimbabwean.
View ArticleMujuru Party disconcerting NERA, suffering from Zanu PF DNA
Former vice president Joice Mujuru ZimPF splinter group which recently rebranded to National People’s Party (NPP) has come under fire from opposition parties, being accused of working in cahoots with...
View ArticleVFAPU Scouts to Receive Gas Stoves Donation
eft to right: Africa Albida Tourism (AAT) marketing manager Nommy Vuma, Naklon Trading warehouse manager Heavens Beula, Naklon Trading admin assistant Nonie Chigarira, AAT chief executive Ross Kennedy...
View ArticleZimbabwe Human Rights Commission Report
The report is essential reading for those evaluating the authorities’ response to the recent widespread floods in both rural and urban areas. It should also inform the thinking of those responsible...
View ArticleHarare city council’s failure to uphold transparency cause for concern
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni On March 22, 2017 the Harare City Council announced the appointment of Mr. Tendai Kwenda as the substantive Director for Finance, Edmore Nhekairo as substantive Director...
View ArticleHigh court hears Mazowe villagers’ eviction challenge
Heavily armed ZRP officers together with officials from the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement on Wednesday 22 March 2017 began demolishing the villagers’ homesteads at Anold Farm in Mazowe in...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Is Tendai Biti ready to work with MDC’s Tsvangirai again?
Tendai Biti, the leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who broke away from Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) after the shambolic 2013 elections controversially won by Mugabe,...
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