Byo Teachers to Undergo Digital Skills Training
At least 1500 teachers in Bulawayo are set to undergo digital literacy and online collaboration skills training as part of efforts to equip them with digital tools for teaching. The program is...
View ArticleShebeens Mushroom in Mbembesi amid Covid-19
The Covid-19 lockdown has seen the mushrooming of shebeens in Mbembesi under Chief Ndondo with locals concerned that they are at risk of contracting the deadly virus. When the government imposed the...
View ArticleLawyers, War Veteran Sue JSC and Malaba Over Tinkering with Constitution
THE Young Lawyers Association of Zimbabwe (YLAZ) and Frederick Mutanda, a liberation war veteran, on Tuesday 11 May 2021 filed an urgent chamber application at Harare High Court seeking an order to...
View ArticleProsecutor-General challenges Chin’ono’s acquittal
Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi has reportedly filed an application for rescission of the acquittal of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono by the High Court on charges of publishing falsehoods. This comes...
View ArticleParliamentary Portfolio Committee disregarded citizens’ views on Amendment...
Community members who are part of Heal Zimbabwe’s Community Peace Clubs (CPCs) from Muzarabani have castigated the decision by the Parliament to amend the constitution even after citizens rejected the...
View ArticleDry Matabeleland has least number of boreholes
Magwegwe Member of Parliament (MP) Anele Ndebele, has questioned why Matabeleland has the least number of boreholes compared to other parts of the country despite the region being the driest and prone...
View ArticleDiaspora Community Chips In To Ease Poor Access To Education Material
Quality education in Bulilima is being hampered by poor access to textbooks and other learning material, the diaspora community has mended a gap, however much more needs to be done. Benson Dube, a...
View ArticleElderly Citizens Abandoned, Hard Hit By Poverty
Nationals from other countries make up the majority of the elderly community in Mtuya, the state of their living conditions is dire. It is 41 years after Zimbabwe obtained its Independence from...
View ArticleHwange Community Mining Activities: Win or Loss?
The benefits of mining to the national fiscus are positive and have been cited as the best vehicle for development. However, for the Hwange community, this may not be entirely true. A Welcome to...
View ArticleGood Rains Save Livestock But Unpredictable Weather Patterns Remain A Threat
With good rains, drought-related cattle deaths reduced by as much as 63% in 2019, livestock farmers remain in fear of unpredictable weather patterns which could change this overnight. In the...
View ArticleNo ID No Job: The Bleak Plight Of Undocumented Citizens In Mat South
For some youths in Matabeleland South, a failure to access national identity documents is costing their future. After dropping out of school because of financial constraints, Cephas Dube (20), from...
View ArticleLandmark Ruling as High Court Ends Malaba’s Tenure as Chief Justice
THE High Court on Saturday 15 May 2021 ended Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s tenure after ruling that he cannot benefit from the recent amendment of the Constitution extending the retirement age of judges...
View ArticleStatement on the Attacks on the Judiciary
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) welcomes the ruling by the High Court of Zimbabwe on 15 May 2021, in upholding the integrity of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and confirming what we...
View ArticleStatement in Response to Comments by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs...
ON 15 May 2021, the High Court of Zimbabwe in the urgent applications of Young Lawyers Association of Zimbabwe and Musa Kika issued an order to the effect of which was to inter alia confirm that the...
View ArticleYLAZ and ZLHR Joint Press Statement on High Court Judgment and Hon. Ziyambi’s...
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and the Young Lawyers Association of Zimbabwe (YLAZ) note the landmark judgment of the High Court of Zimbabwe in the consolidated cases of Young Lawyers...
View ArticleHigh Court Decides Chief Justice Malaba Has Retired – Court Watch 8 / 2021
After a hearing on the 14th May that went on into the early hours of the next morning, the High Court delivered a judgment on the 15th May declaring that Chief Justice Malaba had retired from the...
View ArticleSecond Term Schools Opening Referendum
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ notes with disgust that no learning is taking place in the majority of our public schools. On the other hand, government continues to sing the...
View ArticleARTUZ Concerned by Zanu PF Victimisation of Teachers in Wedza District
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has received disturbing reports of teacher victimization in Wedza District by an identified ruling party (Zanu PF) official, one individual named...
View ArticleCrisis Coalition Concerned by the State’s Concerted Efforts to Fight...
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition notes with great concern, the concerted efforts by the state to derail constitutionalism in the country. On May 15, 2021 Justice Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi issued...
View ArticleCovid-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity or Challenge for CSOs Democratic Support?
On the 12th of May 2021, the Electoral Support Network of Southern Africa (ESN-SA), hosted by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) hosted a virtual public meeting via the ZOOM platform on the...
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