Safe Schools Opening Position Paper
Background The year 2020 redefined society in a huge way because of the novel Corona Virus. The education sector was severely affected by this pandemic not just in Zimbabwe but globally. The...
View ArticleArtuz Response To Public Service Commission’s No Work No Pay Threats
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ, is saddened by the press statement that was released by the Public Service Commission on 11 March 2021. The PSC should note that threatening...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 348 – WCoZ Situation Report
348 days of the COVID-19 lockdown and as of 11 March 2021, the Ministry of Health and Child Care reported that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases had increased to 36 377 after 36 new cases were...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 349 – WCoZ Situation Report
349 days of the COVID-19 lockdown, and as of 12 March 2021, the Ministry of Health and Child Care reported that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases had increased to 36 423 after 46 new cases were...
View ArticleThe Politics of Food
Introduction The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), and the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) commissioned a study on the political economy of food aid distribution and the right to food in...
View ArticleWhy Youth Participation in Elections and Governance Issues Is Declining
With the next harmonised elections approximately two years away, citizen apathy in participating in electoral processes remains high. This has resulted in questions being raised on whether young...
View ArticleBYO Woman Gets International Recognition for Charity Work
A high school teacher who left her job to pursue her passion for taking care of vulnerable children has earned her international recognition after she was nominated for the Global Woman of Choice...
View Article‘Compromised NPRC cannot resolve Gukurahundi’
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) cannot resolve the more than three-decades-long issue of Gukurahundi because it is compromised, ZimRights director, Dzikamai Bere, has said....
View ArticleZimbabweans fined under nullified law will not be refunded: Ziyambi
Zimbabweans who were fined using the nullified Statutory Instrument 25 of 2021 which saw standard fines go up by 100 percent in January will not be refunded, notwithstanding that law was...
View ArticleState universities’ employees threaten to down tools
State universities employees have threatened to embark on industrial action if their working conditions are not improved in the next two weeks. In a letter dated March 16 addressed to the chairpersons...
View ArticleEnvironment Activists Lobby for E-waste Legislation
Environment activists have advocated for the establishment of legal frameworks which enforce the management of electronic waste (E-waste). This came out during the inaugural National E-Waste...
View ArticleHandbook on Constitutional and Electoral Litigation in Zimbabwe
Introduction This Handbook on Constitutional & Electoral Litigation in Zimbabwe would dismally fail to accomplish its purpose if it falls only in the hands of judges, lawyers, teachers of the law...
View ArticleCommunities on high alert for wildlife invasion
The Habakkuk Trust Community Advocacy Action Team in Bulilima ward 10 has raised an alert over two elephants that passed through Mafa village early yesterday morning. The Jumbos are said to have been...
View ArticleNational Transitional Justice Working Group calls for empowerment of NPRC
The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has demanded for an effective and participatory functioning of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC). Reflecting on the first...
View ArticleCrisis Coalition appalled by SADC inaction over Mozambican crisis
The Crisis Coalition is dismayed by the continued lack of action by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in dealing with the frightening killings being perpetrated by the terrorists in...
View ArticleJustice Delivery Sector Survey Report – 2018
Executive Summary The survey had the following three broad objectives: Identifying and documenting challenges in the justice delivery system from the perspective of both users and service...
View ArticleDrug abuse and illegal parcelling of land, major drivers of conflicts in...
Artists working with Heal Zimbabwe to build peace through music from Epworth and Hopley have singled out drug abuse by youths and illegal parceling of land by land barons as major drivers of conflict....
View ArticleZim CSOs, regional solidarity partners meet over Zimbabwe’s continued crisis
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Regional Office, in collaboration with Action Support Centre on March 18, 2021 hosted a closed meeting with regional solidarity partners under the Zimbabwe Solidarity...
View ArticleZimbabwe Should Declare Water Situation a State of Emergency: Statement on...
The United Nations World Water Day is commemorated every year on 22 March. It is a day dedicated to reflection on the importance of water as a basic need that is pivotal for the survival of humankind....
View ArticleControversial Recall of Six More MDC-A MPs – Bill Watch 18 / 2021
Both National Assembly and Senate Sat Last Week and Both Houses Will Sit This Week. Six More MDC-Alliance MPs Lose Their Seats When Recalled by PDP On Wednesday 17th March, according to Hansard [the...
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