Sithole Endures Second Night in Detention as High Court Hears Mamombe and...
Opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leader Obey Sithole on Tuesday 27 April 2021 spent his second night in police detention at Harare Central Police Station after some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)...
View ArticleBuildings, Learning Equipment at Tertiary Institutions now Obsolete
Buildings and learning equipment at some of the tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe have become obsolete and now require urgent attention, a recent parliamentary report has shown. The report of the...
View Article“CAMPFIRE can help minimize human-wildlife conflicts in Buhera South”
Communities who are part of Community Peace Clubs (CPCs) established by people working with Heal Zimbabwe in Buhera South have noted that the Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous...
View ArticleField Based Evidence on the Impact of COVID-19 on Citizens in Zimbabwe – Vol 2
Introduction Since March 2020 Zimbabwe has been fighting the Covid-19 virus using an already weak health delivery system. The Covid-19 outbreak occurred while the country is undergoing massive...
View ArticleCrisis Coalition Statement Ahead of the Extraordinary Troika Summit on...
On April 29, 2021, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will convene an Extraordinary Troika Summit of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation to deliberate on the...
View ArticleHigh Court Quashes Chin’ono’s Charge on Publishing Falsehoods
High Court judge Justice Charehwa has ruled that the charge against journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on publishing falsehoods cannot stand as it was declared unconstitutional. This followed Chin’ono’s...
View ArticleSafeguard the Interests of the People in Dinde
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) wishes to add its voice in calling on government to protect the interests of the people of the Dinde community in Hwange, who are facing expulsion from their ancestral...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 395 – WCoZ Situation Report
395 days of the COVID-19 Lockdown, and as of 27 April 2021, the Ministry of Health and Child Care reported that, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases had increased to 38 164 after 62 new cases were...
View ArticleCrisis Continues at Registry Offices as Passport Applicants have to Wait...
Crisis is ongoing at the registry offices across the country, with diaspora passports applicants, who are being prioritised for now being told at centres such as Bulawayo to wait until June 7 to try...
View ArticleJoint Civil Society Statement on the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment...
We, the undersigned Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe, note with serious concern the passing of the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 by the National Assembly on 20 April...
View ArticleClimate Change, a Prick on Human Life
Climate change has become a prick on human life in Zimbabwe’s drought-prone region of Matabeleland with a number of dams having since silted while others have burst, leading to the scarcity of water...
View ArticleIn Nkayi, Poor Access To Healthcare Has Dire Consequences
Some people in rural Nkayi live in physical pain due to a lack of access to health facilities. With limited health funding, help may not come soon. Fanyana Nxumalo (27) has developed cancerous wounds...
View ArticlePassport Backlog Delays Shatter Dreams
Zimbabweans who for the past two decades have relied on livelihood sustenance from working and studying abroad are finding it difficult to access crucial travelling documents like passports. For...
View ArticleThe State of Press Freedom in Southern Africa 2019-2020
Introduction A vibrant and critical media is the hallmark of any democratic society. To achieve its fundamental watchdog role of holding those in power accountable, providing reliable information to...
View ArticleLifeline For People With Disabilities
Without assistive devices, most people with disabilities find it tough to engage in meaningful income-generating activities, this could change soon. People living with disabilities in Binga could get...
View ArticleAlcohol Abuse Rampant Amongst Hwange Students
Alcohol abuse remains a challenge in most Matabeleland communities, in Hwange, the COVID-19 lockdowns may have exacerbated the crisis. Dumisani and his friends are staggering to walk as they come out...
View ArticleAre the High Hopes for the Progressiveness of Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution...
Realising the need for government and investors to promote, protect, and fulfil human rights of communities especially Environmental, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (EESCR), the Zimbabwe...
View ArticleHuman Rights Situational Report 24 April to 30 April 2021
General atmosphere The new dispensation promised significant improvements in the standard of living of citizens, among other sweeping reforms,through economic resuscitation programs popularised by the...
View ArticleZLHR Statement on International Workers’ Day
On international Workers’ Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) calls upon state and non-state actors to honour workers and celebrate their achievements in advancing labour rights. ZLHR also...
View ArticleWorld Press Freedom Day 3 May 2021 – Statement
Today marks 30 years of Windhoek Declaration when journalists from across the African continent came together in Namibia and made a call for the respect of press freedom. This was a landmark call by...
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