One year on – Zimbabweans’ thoughts on the election anniversary
With the anniversary of the 2018 Harmonised Elections, we asked our members for their input: Speak out!This time last year, Zimbabweans were voting in the 2018 Harmonised Elections. One year later,...
View ArticleYoung women reclaim their power and demand that courts deliver justice to...
On 15 July 2019, 65 young women thronged Guruve Magistrates court by 0900 hrs to offer solidarity to Chipo (real name withheld for confidentiality), a 14 year old girl who has been abused by Sam (real...
View ArticleStatement on the appointment of a Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe Board
The Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) welcomes the appointment of a Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe Board to regulate Zimbabwe’s broadcasting sector. In separate statements...
View ArticleStatement on Outbreak of Typhoid
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Community Water Alliance (CWA) are gravely concerned by recent reports of an outbreak of typhoid in some parts of Harare’s high-density suburbs. According...
View ArticleMid Day Statement on the Lupane East National Assembly, Nkayi Rural District...
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has deployed polling station-based observers to observe and report on the upane East Constituency National Assembly, Nkayi Rural District Council (RDC)...
View ArticleMid-Year Budget Review & Supplementary Budget Presented – Bill Watch 42 / 2019
Both Houses will Sit Again on Tuesday 6th August On Thursday 2nd August the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hon Mthuli Ncube, presented his 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review and Supplementary...
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Preliminary Statement on the Lupane East Constituency National Assembly,...
As part of its comprehensive efforts to observe the Lupane East Constituency National Assembly, Nkayi Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 23 and Bubi RDC Ward 22 by-elections. For the Lupane East...
View ArticleARTUZ Announces Pay Day Funerals
Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) notes with great concern the continued erosion of teachers’ salaries as economic meltdown remains unmitigated. We further note the arrogance of...
View ArticleLiving on a Prayer: July 2019 Monthly Monitoring Report
The month of July has sadly not brought much to celebrate for Zimbabweans as the country is cascading into the precipice of conflict amid a continued deterioration in living conditions. The economy is...
View ArticleCritique – ZEC 2018 Harmonised Election Report
1. Background The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has released its report on the 2018 harmonised elections which should be tabled before Parliament in terms of Section 13 of the Electoral Act. The...
View ArticleVISET Hosts a “Food for Thought” Engagement Session in Harare
On the 6th of August 2019, Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation [VISET], hosted a Food for Thought Session at Batanai Gardens in Harare. The deliberative engagement session was...
View ArticleParliamentary Round Up: Bulletin No. 18 / 2019
Parliament met yesterday and the main business of the day was the debate on the Midterm budget review and Supplementary budget statement presented by Finance and Economic Development Minister Prof...
View ArticleA Review of Provincial Peace Committees: The NPRC’s Step Towards Sustainable...
Introduction The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) recently established Provincial Peace Committees (PPCs) across Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces a process, which shows the Commission’s...
View ArticleStatement on International Youth Day
Heal Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Youth day. The theme for this year is “Transforming education”. The theme underscores the need to ensure that education takes...
View ArticleLupane East, Bubi and Nkayi By-Elections Report
Executive Summary On 3 August 2019, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) conducted a National Assembly by-election in Lupane East Constituency and two Local Authority By-elections for Ward 22 of...
View ArticleGazetted ZMC Bill entrenches statutory regulation
The government of Zimbabwe on 9 August 2019 gazetted the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill [H.B. 8 of 2019]. This is the second of three official Bills meant to replace the discredited and restrictive...
View ArticleZimbabwe Media Commission Bill Gazetted & National Assembly Passes Budget and...
Both Houses of Parliament sat this week. The Senate sat on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th August and then adjourned until Tuesday 27th August. The National Assembly sat on Tuesday, Wednesday and...
View ArticlePresident Orders Special Senate Sitting on 14th August – Bill Watch 45 / 2019
The Senate Will Meet on Wednesday 14th August for Special Business By furious fast-tracking of business on Wednesday 8th [they sat until 10.39 pm] and Thursday 9th [until 4.10 am on Friday morning]...
View ArticleAmendments to Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill – Bill Watch 44 / 2019
At a sitting that started on 8th August and ended at 4.10 am on 9th August the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet...
View ArticleHeal Zimbabwe condemns the abduction of political activists
Heal Zimbabwe condemns the abduction of Citizens Manifesto coordinator, Tatenda Mombeyarara and Blessing Kanotunga, the MDC Youth Chairperson for Mufakose District on 13 August 2019 by unknown...
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