Forward to the Past Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
It’s not so much Back to the Future as Forward to the Past, with inflation expert Professor Steve Hanke of John Hopkins University in the United States saying Zimbabwe is again experiencing...
View ArticleZim to miss US spend in Africa?
US energy boss Rick Perry at Africa Oil Week in Cape Town © The Zimbabwean Cape Town – High levels of debt and on-going sanctions against the Mugabe regime could leave Zimbabwe out of a US investment...
View ArticleWATCH: Mutsvangwa says fired Prosecutor General Ray Goba must challenge...
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View ArticleZimbabwe: What hope for diaspora vote in 2018 elections?
Last week, Gabriel Shumba, Sibonile Mfumisi, both based in South Africa, and Darlington Nyambiya in the United Kingdom filed a court application for direct access to the Constitutional Court of...
View ArticleDesign and Delivery Sprint: Alternative Models for Enterprise Finance in...
In June 2017, FSD Africa launched: ‘Design and Delivery Sprint: Alternative Models for Enterprise Finance in Zimbabwe’ in Harare in partnership with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the SME Association of...
View ArticleNeed for stakeholder input on Electoral Amendment Bill
This leaves a very short time remaining for lobbying and advocacy As the Bill was gazetted over a month ago, it has now satisfied the Parliamentary Standing Order requiring at least 14 days to elapse...
View ArticleRemoval of recently appointed Prosecutor General
Goba Advocate Goba’s appointment was reversed by President Robert Mugabe through an Extraordinary Government Gazette, General Notice 642 of 2017, issued and signed by Misheck Sibanda, the Chief...
View ArticleZLHR condemns persecution of Fadzayi Mahere
Fadzayi Mahere Mahere, an aspiring parliamentary candidate for Mt Pleasant constituency in Harare, who had convened a sports tournament at Groombridge Primary School in Mt Pleasant, was arrested,...
View ArticleLessons from Bishop Munyongani’s Funeral
Bishop Xavier Munyongani However I just want to focus instead only on the size and composition of the crowd which was reportedly the largest in Gweru Diocese at least. As the Shona saying goes:...
View ArticleBiometric Voter Registration (BVR) process (Update 6)
On 10 October 2017, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), launched a Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) blitz across the country. The blitz is a follow up to the launch of the BVR by President...
View ArticleWhy Traveling with a Girlfriend Takes a Relationship to New Levels
Joint travels bring you closer, allow you to set common goals and achieve them, and the new environment brings a note of romance. In addition, you have a lot of time to discuss basic values, to...
View ArticleBVR centres must be friendly to persons with disabilities
The MDC would like to encourage all eligible Zimbabweans to turn out at their nearest BVR centres and register to vote. Indeed, registering to vote as well as casting one’s vote on polling day is a...
View ArticleWill this be the end of an era and error?
In other words, Zimbabwe’s political infrastructure is frail and uninspiring at the moment. This sets the stage for what is most likely going to be a dull and uneventful election in 2018. However, any...
View ArticleTraditional leaders should be impartial and non-Partisan!
Chief Charumbira Chief Charumbira personally declared his allegiance to ZANU PF highlighting that the institution of traditional leaders will support and vote for the ruling ZANU PF in the 2018...
View ArticleCharumbira’s call for chiefs to back Mugabe in 2018 elections
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is greatly concerned by the blatant disregard of the Constitution by the leader of traditional leaders Chief Fortune Charumbira. On 28 October at the official...
View ArticleResidents blast Harare City Council 2018 budget
Attendants at the meeting included Harare City Council officials, residents’ associations from the Harare Metropolitan province as well as CHRA community coordinators. During the meeting, residents...
View ArticleKombayi, Sithole cleared by High Court
Former Gweru mayor Hamutendi Kombayi The judgement and ruling had been reserved by Justice Matonsi who has now ruled in favour of Kombayi and Sithole. The two city fathers have also been awarded with a...
View ArticleReconfigured Ministries: Nomenclature “Clarified”
As a result three of the Ministry names given in Bill Watch 38/2017 [link] are no longer precisely correct, although they were based on official information. The three Ministries now with slightly...
View ArticleWho: said bromance was dead?
Tedros: What a headache. (Reuters/Denis Balibouse) The whole situation reeks to high heaven. I think there is more to this than meets the eye. Dr Tedros needs to put in his resignation and step down...
View ArticleWho looted Marange diamonds?
Zim_diamonds_An_inside_job__report_download_sng A Company called African Consolidated Resources, based in London, immediately picked up the find and registered the claims in their own name. As a...
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