Joint Statement by the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and the...
We the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) being the largest and most recognised teachers unions in Zimbabwe having joined forces, do hereby...
View ArticleNPRC Plans National Dialogue
Today the 31st of January 2019, the NPRC acting in terms of its mandate provided for in Section 252 (d) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (Number 20) of 2013 initiated a planning process for...
View ArticlePress Statement on Arrest and Detention of Children Accused of Public Violence
The Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children (ZNCWC) on behalf of the Child Rights Coalition in Zimbabwe is deeply concerned with reports and evidence on the arrest and detention of...
View ArticleSenate Passes Two Budget Bills – Bill Watch 7 / 2019
Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned to Tuesday 5th February Polarisation in Parliament over the Current Economic and Security Situation The economic and security situation was raised in the...
View ArticleCrimes Against Humanity Alert: Zimbabwe on the Brink as Violations Intensify
Introduction The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) is shocked at the horrific developments of the past weeks. We hereby raise the RED FLAG that, unless urgent measures are taken, we...
View ArticleForced demolition of informal traders’ structures robbing them of a source of...
It is with great concern that the government in February 2019 started destroying the sources of livelihood sustaining numerous unemployed citizens of Chitungwiza and Harare at a time when it has not...
View ArticleZESN calls for a multi stakeholder electoral and political reforms taskforce...
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) notes the establishment of an inter-ministerial taskforce to address recommendations and issues raised by the various election observer missions and the...
View ArticleCiZC stance on national dialogue
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) welcomes calls for national dialogue as a way of resolving the multi faceted crisis bedeviling the country. It is CiZC’s long held view that following the disputed...
View ArticleZim Intensifies Crackdown on Citizens as Court Acquits Residents Over...
TWO Chitungwiza residents have been arrested and charged with committing public violence during last month’s anti-government protests held across the country over the hiking of fuel prices and...
View ArticleHeal Zimbabwe concerned about continued military crackdown on citizens
Heal Zimbabwe is gravely concerned by the ongoing military crackdown on unarmed civilians. On 2 February 2019, armed soldiers abducted and heavily assaulted a political activist (name withheld) and...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s National Dialogue must never be restricted to Political Parties
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) notes President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for a national dialogue with political parties that participated during the 2018 national elections, with concern. As an...
View ArticleTeachers’ Job Action gathering momentum despite State Crackdown
Teachers countrywide continue to join the ongoing job action demanding a living wage. A survey conducted by Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe revealed that Matabeleland North province is...
View ArticleERC calls for a more inclusive and accountable approach in conducting...
The invitation by the President, Emmerson Mnangagwa for presidential candidates who participated in the 2018 elections to discuss a framework for dialogue and interaction is noted coming as it does...
View ArticlePro-Democracy Campaigner Acquitted over Shutdown Protest
A ZIMBABWEAN court on Tuesday 5 February 2019 ended the lengthy detention in prison of prominent pro-democracy campaigner Kukhanyakwenkosi Mkandla, who was arrested last month and charged with public...
View ArticleNational Dialogue Must Result in Comprehensive Electoral and Political...
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) notes the call by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for dialogue with political parties that participated in the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections. ZESN...
View ArticleBulawayo City Council hosts water crisis meeting
This morning, Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) joined various stakeholders in and around Bulawayo for a Water Crisis Committee meeting that was hosted by Bulawayo City Council...
View ArticleSchools heading towards complete shutdown
Teachers of Zimbabwe have spoken with one voice, they have downed tools and are demanding a living wage. An average of an 18% of teachers reported for duty today according to a survey conducted by our...
View ArticleSecurity Forces: Still no Independent Public Complaints Mechanism –...
Section 210 of the Constitution not Implemented Security Forces: Still no Independent Public Complaints Mechanism Section 210 of the Constitution provides for the investigation of complaints against...
View ArticleDarkness at Noon: Inside Mnangagwa’s “New” Dispensation
Two phrases, “The people have spoken” and “The voice of the people is the voice of God” , were frequently used by the ZANU PF leadership to sanitise the November 2017 military coup that resulted in...
View ArticleOn the Days of Darkness in Zimbabwe – An Updated Report on the Human Rights...
Introduction On 12 January, 2019, President Mnangagwa announced during a press conference that the fuel prices would increase to $3.11 per litre for diesel and $3.31 per litre for petrol due to the...
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