Commemoration of World Press Freedom Day
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) and Media Monitors join the world in commemorating World Press Freedom Day. Today the world celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom. The...
View ArticleComing up in Parliament This Week – Bill Watch 25 / 2019
Both Houses of Parliament Will Resume on Tuesday 7th May The National Assembly and the Senate will resume sittings tomorrow after long recesses. The National Assembly last sat on Thursday 21st March,...
View ArticleArrest of 130 Vuzu Party Youths
The Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) notes with concern the arrest of over 130 youths in Bulawayo during various raids at Vuzu parties in the city. Among those detained by the police...
View ArticleRAU meets Devolution Champions
Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) in partnership with Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) over a period of two days conducted a series of follow up meetings on a Devolution training...
View ArticleCorporal Punishment: When the Beating Had to Stop – Court Watch 6 / 2019
Introduction Corporal punishment ‒ the beating of a person with a cane or stick as punishment for committing a crime ‒ has been a sentence that Zimbabwean courts could impose on convicted criminals,...
View ArticleMunyokowere Villagers in Chipinge District Face Eviction
On 29 April 2019 villagers in Munyokowere were served with eviction notices by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement. The eviction notices gave at least 750...
View ArticleNot Yet Uhuru: April 2019 Monthly Monitoring Report
Introduction The month of April heralded 39 years since attaining independence. Sadly, this independence is not evident as Zimbabweans are living in a country with a biting economic environment...
View ArticleFeedback on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill
Parliament of Zimbabwe is currently receiving feedback from the public on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill. Veritas has said “the draft Bill is not new wine in an old bottle; it is the same old...
View ArticleLegal Analysis and Proposed Amendments of the Education Amendment Bill and...
Introduction Zimbabwe enacted a new Constitution in 2013. Section 2 of that Constitution provides for the supremacy of the Constitution. The section makes any law, practice, custom or conduct...
View ArticleMy Case for a Two School-Holiday System: Eliminating the Disruptive Chaos of...
One of, if not the single outstanding joy of parenting is sending one’s child to school. Every one of us – albeit with different levels of cognitive intensity – remembers in 3D technicolour that very...
View ArticleTender-Preneurship Delivers Sewer Water at the Tap
Community Water Alliance has served letters to the Chief Executive Officer of Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, Mayor of Harare His Worship Councilor Hebert Gomba and the Ministry of Local...
View ArticleGreen Fuel Exposes Mnangagwa’s Empty Promise To Workers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the new premises for the Labour Court of Zimbabwe in Harare where he made a commitment to enhance the administration of justice in the labour...
View ArticleGwanda Mining Dialogue
Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD), this morning conducted a Gwanda Mining Dialogue with representatives from the local authority, Environmental Management Agency (EMA), Gwanda...
View ArticleJuvenile Sues Police Officer for Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
A 15 year-old boy is suing the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) after he was brutally assaulted by a police officer, who was reportedly investigating the theft of a mobile phone handset in Mutare’s...
View ArticleProgress on Bills – Bill Watch 26 / 2019
The National Assembly is Sitting Again This WeekThe Senate will not Sit Again until Tuesday 21st May Update on Bills in the National Assembly Companies and Other Business Entities Bill Last week...
View ArticleVISET Conducts a Community Baseline Survey for the Inclusive Cities Planning...
Yesterday, Wednesday the 15th of May 2019, Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) conducted a Community Survey Meeting on the newly launched Inclusive Cities Planning...
View ArticleLegislators Sue Minister, ZRP Over Parliament Fracas
THREE opposition political party legislators have slapped government with a lawsuit demanding more than $20 000 as compensation for violation of their fundamental rights when some law enforcement...
View ArticleJustice and Protection for All: Celebrating IDAHOT
GALZ joins the rest of the world to commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, Bi-phobia and Transphobia- IDAHOT under the theme Justice and Protection for All. 17 May is set aside to draw the...
View ArticleState of the Economy
Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube addressed Parliament on 15 and 16 May to discuss the state of the economy. Preamble Honourable Members will be aware that since the advent of the New...
View ArticleGovernment Unwilling to Reform the Diamond Sector in Order to Curb Diamond...
The CRD raises concern on the continuous looting of diamond revenue by government agencies. The concern follows the arrest on Wednesday of Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) Chief Executive...
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