MDC-T’s Midlands South province condemn arrest of party youths
The six- Wonderful Marange, Taurai Mugaga, Clifford Mulingwa, Mthulisi Noko, Dhava Mangena and Faith Chuma were released on $100 bail on Monday while a Form 3 student minor was released into the...
View ArticleCSOs rejects passing of the Constitutional Amendment Bill (No.1) of 2016
The National Assembly on Tuesday 25 July, 2017 passed the Bill in Parliament by a vote of 182 for, and 41 against, which amends section 180 of the Constitution and gives sole and unfettered discretion...
View ArticleZim authorities resume onslaught against journalists
The ZRP officers arrested NewsDay journalists Obey Manayiti, Shephered Tozvireva and Abigail Matsikidze and Raphael Phiri, a driver employed by Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of the daily newspaper...
View ArticleCiZC condemns persecution of Journalists
The four were arrested and beaten by police in Harare’s Central Business District by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers who accused them of taking pictures in the CBD. As if that was not enough,...
View ArticleICC should try Mugabe
Milcent Nyangani It will be a travesty to those who were killed or abused by Mugabe Regime to have nothing done to Mugabe after he is removed from power… The post ICC should try Mugabe appeared first...
View ArticleZimbabwe acid leak: 30 000 litre toxic spill near ‘Cecil’s’ park
The chemical has seeped hundreds of metres from the crash site, near Dete, and is now threatening a local river. “The spill has moved to a distance of about 300 metres from the accident scene and just...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violations Update
In the period under review 08-24 July 2017, Heal Zimbabwe recorded a total of 16 human rights violations from 10 districts across the country. The organisation recorded a total of 4 different...
View ArticleRuto Accuses NASA of Sabotaging the Kenyan Elections
During his Rongai constituency, Ruto criticized the National Super Alliance for asking the British Government for intervention in a supposed vote rigging scheme by Jubilee during the General...
View ArticleMugabe Critics Furious with New Law on Judges
The Lower house adopted the new bill on Tuesday. It has become the first change to the constitution since 2013. The bill was quickly approved owing to ZANU-PF’s (the ruling party) majority in the...
View ArticleHeal Zimbabwe condemns the disruption of War Veterans’ peace initiatives.
In their statement, the war veterans lamented that the police stopped a peace awareness campaign initiative in Mashonaland East and questioned members from the ZNLWVA who were piloting the project. War...
View ArticleNew Zim president should punish Mugabe, cronies
Milcent Nyangani “Every Zimbabwean myself included would want to see the end of the Mugabe Regime era which has oppressed people for too long while violating basic human rights for many citizens....
View ArticleKwekwe quartet set free as court chides state over prosecution of Lumumba
Acie Lumumba The four Kwekwe residents, who were arrested together with eight other residents in the Midlands province’s capital were granted $100 bail while their co-accused were denied bail after ZRP...
View ArticleLunatics in charge – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Considering that much of the 2013 constitution has still to be implemented, including the right of a vote for the diaspora and the right to demonstrate – it is ominous that the first amendment further...
View ArticleThe Importance of Trade
Donald Trump To some extent Brexit is another, with Britain trying to raise the drawbridge that is its Membership of the European Union. The irony of that is that Britain was the first of the great...
View ArticleLand and agriculture in Zimbabwe following land reform
The event was hosted by the Royal African Society and SOAS. I was on a panel with Na Ncube who leads a great initiative in Matabeleland called the Global Native (see an earlier blog). There is a...
View ArticleMugabe appeals to the diaspora to come home and save the economy
Given why the great majority of Black Zimbabweans have left Zimbabwe, he must think his fellow citizens are stupid. I don’t know how many Zimbabwean diasporans are there because of him, some escaping...
View ArticleCoalition – No; Action – Yes
Maybe it’s because we have heard all this before, too often. It is the old story; we are great at forming organisations, apportioning offices, writing constitutions, registering, sharing the perks:...
View ArticleFrom white to black Rhodesia: A case of inherited oppression
Dr. Patson Dzamara In the efforts to reimagine and reinvent an Africa which did not privilege European ideals at its center, new ideologies and policies were crafted and promulgated. Colonialism in...
View ArticleMberengwa livens up as MDC-T launch Bereka Mwana campaign
Happymore Chidziva So far the MDC-T has launched the campaign in several parts of the Midlands province targeting senatorial constituencies. This was after the national event that was held in Harare...
View ArticleZim unit owes AB InBev more than $40m amid foreign currency crisis
Speaking on the sidelines of the company’s annual general meeting on Friday, CEO Pearson Gowero told Fin24 that the company is sitting on about $40m owed to the major shareholder AB Inbev. “The amount...
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