Zimbabwe’s current problems: Kubatana members speak out
We recently shared four opinion pieces by Brian Raftopoulos, Fadzayi Mahere, Sibusiso B. Moyo and Tendai Biti, each sharing their take on Zimbabwe’s current problems, and how to solve them. We invited...
View ArticleMatabeleland South youth table their key asks to leaders
As a way of collecting and consolidating youth aspirations, the Community Youth Development Trust in collaboration with other networking organizations embarked on a consultation journey targeting...
View ArticleGetting Zimbabwe Back on Track
A response letter to the different opinion pieces by Prof Raftopoulos, Adv Mahere, Dr Moyo and Hon BitiBy Robert Chiwadzwa What is making sense? The opinions shared by the aforementioned writers are...
View ArticleSupplementary Budget Acts gazetted & MOPO Bill delayed – Bill Watch 47 / 2019
The Senate’s Special Sitting on 14th August Recalled from their recess by the President to conduct special business [see Bill Watch 45/2019 of 12th August] – Senators assembled on Wednesday 14th...
View ArticleCivil Society Plan a Harare Metropolitan Devolution Policy Conference
Civil Society Organizations under the umbrella of the Harare Metropolitan Residents Forum (HAMREF) will convene a devolution policy conference as preparations for the oncoming Harare Devolution...
View ArticleThe Worst Betrayal
I used to feel betrayed when my mother promised me sweets but come home with none. I felt betrayed when one member of our soccer team failed to turn up for a crucial match. Another betrayal was when...
View ArticleInternational Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances: Time for African...
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, five leading human rights organisations are calling on African states to end the use of enforced disappearances and ensure justice...
View ArticlePolice Disrupt Habakkuk Trust Youth Indaba
Anti-riot police clad in full gear yesterday stopped a Habakkuk Trust Youth Indaba at Montgomery lodge citing that the organization had not notified the relevant authority about the meeting despite...
View ArticleStatement on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Heal Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The special day is commemorated annually on the 30th of August. The...
View ArticleCommentary on the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill, 2019
Introduction The Zimbabwe government gazetted the Commentary on the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill (hereinafter the Bill) on 9 August 2019. This relatively short Bill seeks to give effect to Sections...
View ArticleUpdate on HAMREF Devolution Consultative Meetings
Harare Metropolitan Residents Forum (HAMREF) held three devolution consultative meetings today in Harare, Norton and Chitungwiza. In Harare the consultative meeting held at Town House was hosted by...
View ArticleState of Corruption, Service Delivery and Mal-Administration at Gokwe Town...
Executive Summary This report is a product of consultations made by the Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) targeting residents, ratepayers and other special interest groups within the...
View ArticleMDC Alliance security agents confiscate journalist’s camera
Unidentified MDC Alliance security personnel grabbed and confiscated a Canon 6D digital camera belonging to local journalist Ari Goldstein during the party’s rally in Glen View, Harare on 1 September...
View ArticleMOPO passed & Parliament Sitting Again This Week – Bill Watch 48/2019
Bills in Parliament Last Week Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill [completed] On Tuesday 27th August the Senate received the Parliamentary Legal Committee [PLC]’s non-adverse report on the amendment...
View ArticleZaka Residents Demand Development Levy Receipts
The residents of Zaka district under Chief Ndanga threatens to stop pay development levy due to lack of receipts for previous payments. Speaking during a COTRAD facilitated community development...
View ArticleCourt Punishes City of Harare for Negligence
THE City of Harare (CoH) has been ordered to pay more than US$3 000 to a motorist as compensation for damage to his vehicle which was battered after it fell into an unmarked ditch, which was left...
View ArticleXenophobic Attacks on Immigrants, the Plight of Informal Traders and Cross...
The continent of Africa is currently in torment reaction over the prevalence of violent attacks on immigrants residing and working in South Africa. As a people we strongly condemn such dereliction and...
View ArticleStatement on the Devolution Conference Resolutions and Plan of Action to...
We the institutions here present; United as stakeholders working for the effective participation of residents in the actualization of devolution in the Harare Metropolitan Province; Guided by...
View ArticleCHRA opposed to unilateral increase of water charges
In light of the continued unilateral decisions (which continue to affect residents) at the Harare City Council, the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) is seriously considering the public...
View ArticleTrio Persecuted Over Anti-Mnangagwa Slur
THREE people are appearing in a Zimbabwean court answering to charges of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa as authorities intensify their clampdown on dissent. In Bindura in Mashonaland Central...
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