Zim Court Ends Detention of Human Rights Campaigners with Imposition of...
HIGH Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Friday 7 June 2019 set free four human rights campaigners, who had spent more than two weeks in prison after they were arrested last month and charged with...
View ArticlePolice detain freelance journalist
Nunurai Jena a correspondent with the Voice of America’s Studio 7 was on the morning of 7 June 2019 arrested and detained without charges for three hours by police in Kadoma in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland...
View ArticlePreliminary Statement on the Kadoma Central Ward 2 Local Authority By-election
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) observed Kadoma Central Ward 2 local authority by-election held 8 June 2019. This is part of its comprehensive efforts to observe all elections and electoral...
View ArticleCan there be Safe Schools for children if teachers are not safe? A report on...
Executive Summary Zimbabwe has an enviable record in Africa for the quality of its educated population. The enormous investment in education from the beginning of Independence in 1980, has drawn...
View ArticleHigh Court Sets Free Remaining CSO Leaders Charged with Subverting...
TWO civil society leaders who were arrested last month and charged with subverting constitutional government have been set free after High Court Judge Justice Amy Tsanga granted them $1 000 RTGS bail...
View ArticleContinued Attack on CSO Leaders Must Stop
Heal Zimbabwe condemns the continued attack on Heal Zimbabwe Director, Rashid Mahiya by perceived state agents. On 4 June 2019 around 0500 hours, alleged state agents besieged the house of Mahiya,...
View ArticleMidday Situational Statement for the Kadoma Central Ward 2 By-election
In line with its mission to promote democratic electoral processes in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) is observing the Kadoma Central Ward 2 by-election. ZESN deployed a long...
View ArticleHeal Zimbabwe Condemns Harassment of Citizens after MOPO Bill Hearings
Heal Zimbabwe unreservedly condemns the harassment of citizens in Gutu Central by alleged members of the security services after they had participated in the Maintenance of Peace and Order (MOPO) bill...
View ArticleDiarrhoea Cases Hit Glen View 3
Diarrhoea cases have hit Glen View 3. The most hit streets include 56 and 58 Crescent. The cases are caused by burst sewer pipes which have taken long before being attended to by City of Harare. The...
View ArticleZim School Teacher Persecuted for Slating Education Minister and Zanu PF
A ZIMBABWEAN school teacher has been hauled to appear before a disciplinary hearing to answer to misconduct charges after he was accused of denouncing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling ZANU PF...
View ArticleDates for Lupane East By-Election – Election Watch 1 / 2019
President Mnangagwa has by proclamation ordered the holding of a by-election to the fill the vacant Lupane East constituency seat in the National Assembly. The vacancy resulted from the death of the...
View ArticleTripartite Negotiating Forum Act Gazetted and in Force – Bill Watch 30/2019
The Tripartite Negotiating Forum Act, 2019 (Act No. 3 of 2019) was gazetted and came into force on Tuesday 4th June [Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 4th June 2019]. It can be downloaded from...
View ArticleAmendment of the Marriage Bill Dubbed “Progressive”
The Marriage Bill of 2017 has been referred to as a progressive draft law as it seeks to abolish child marriages. Over the past weeks, the amendment of the bill fueled social media debates, stirring...
View ArticleNhimbes: An effective tool to achieve inclusive peace and reconciliation
The 2008 harmonized elections and the subsequent presidential re-run in Zimbabwe left a trail of destruction to property, human life, displacements, and a buttered social fabric. More than 500 people...
View ArticleDismal Performance on Reforms
Eleven months since the 2018 harmonised elections, Zimbabwe’s performance in addressing reforms has been nothing short of dismal. Efforts towards real reforms given the country’s historical electoral...
View ArticleJudicial Service Commission to Conduct Public Interviews of Five Candidates...
Five candidates for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe will be interviewed in public by the Judicial Service Commission [JSC] next Wednesday, 19th June 2019. There are two...
View ArticleActivity Highlight on the Launch of the ZESN Compendium of Election...
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) launched its Compendium of Election Observers’ Recommendations yesterday in Harare. The launch was attended by a Commissioner from the Zimbabwe Electoral...
View ArticleOn the Day of the African Child, Put Children’s Rights First to Mitigate...
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) joins the rest of Africa to commemorate the Day of the African Child, set aside by the African Union (AU) with a call for the government of Zimbabwe to put...
View ArticleDay of the African Child: “Humanitarian Action in Africa: Children’s Rights...
This year’s Day of the African Child’s Commemorations come at a time when there is a dire humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe’s education sector. Children are failing to access their right to education...
View ArticleARTUZ Announces Phase 2 Job Action
Attention: ARTUZ Members and All Progressive Teachers Cc: Public Service Commission; Minister of Finance; Minister of Primary and Secondary Education; Provincial Education Directors; District School...
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