Full Judgment – Constitutional Court Ruling on Nelson Chamisa’s 2018...
Full Judgment MALABA CJ: On 24 August 2018 the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) handed down the abridged version of the judgment in the case in which the applicant challenged the validity of the...
View ArticleInternet freedom and access on the decline in Zimbabwe
Statistics from three publications released over the last few weeks paint a sober picture of internet access, use and freedom in Zimbabwe. A combination of factors have contributed to a drop in the...
View ArticleCritique of the ZEC 2018 Harmonised Election Report
Background The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) released its report on the 2018 harmonised elections in terms of Section 13 of the Electoral Act. The submission, long overdue, should have been...
View ArticleMidday Statement on the Tsholotsho Rural District Council Wards 16 and 20,and...
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has deployed static observers to track electoral developments in the three local authority by-elections that are being conducted by the Zimbabwe Electoral...
View ArticleAppointment Trends in Zimbabwean Government Violating Constitution
Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCOZ), a non-partisan national network of women’s rights organisations and activists striving for the rights of women and girls calls upon the President of the Zimbabwe,...
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Preliminary Statement on Tsholotsho Rural District Council Wards 16 and 20,...
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) deployed static observers to track electoral developments in the three local authority by-elections conducted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on...
View ArticleCabinet Reshuffle: Missed Opportunity to Comply with the Constitution on...
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) notes with concern the lack of gender balance in key government positions following the appointments of permanent secretaries and the...
View ArticleHeal Zimbabwe Condemns MDC Alliance Intraparty Violence
Heal Zimbabwe strongly condemns the intraparty violence that rocked the MDC Alliance’s party headquarters on 9 November 2019. Party youths clashed over alleged factions within the party. The clashes...
View ArticleBill Watch 58 / 2019: Both Houses of Parliament Will be Sitting This Week
The 2020 National Budget Presentation will be on Thursday 14th November The Senate and the National Assembly last sat on Thursday 24th October. Since then MPs have been occupied mainly with Budget...
View ArticleCommunity radio a catalyst for the success of the devolution process
In the past months, a number of mainstream media outlets have been reporting that Provinces in Zimbabwe have started receiving their devolution funds to finance development projects. As espoused in...
View ArticleCourt Ends Persecution of Markham Over Anti-Govt Protest
HARARE Magistrate Usheunesu Matova on Tuesday 12 November 2019 set free Harare North constituency legislator Hon. Allan Norman Markham, who was charged with committing public violence during an...
View ArticleReport on Tsholotsho and Hwedza Rural District Councils By-Elections
On 9 November 2019, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission held local authority by-elections in three Rural District Councils names; Tsholotsho Ward 16 and Ward 20, and Wedza Ward 4. The by-elections were...
View ArticleMACRAD Conducted Women Land Rights Training in Masvingo Central
MACRAD conducted a women land rights training on the 6th of November 2019 at Matsikidze, Masvingo Central Constituency. The training was attended by the local chief, four village heads, councillor and...
View ArticleIndustrial Action Alert
Teachers’ job action has paralysed education in Victoria Falls. At Mosi oa Tunya high School there are no teachers to invigilate History paper 1 this afternoon. A PSC bus had to be dispatched to ferry...
View ArticleTreason and Subverting Constitutional Government – Court Watch 12 / 2019
Introduction Security legislation is often used by authoritarian governments as a means of repressing dissent. Since the protests of mid-January 2019, a reported 22 people have been arrested and...
View Article“Good Samaritan” Journalist on Trial over Anti-Govt Protest
A ZIMBABWEAN journalist who tried to rescue an elderly woman, who had been assaulted by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers during an anti-government protest held in August is standing trial...
View ArticleNUST Lecturers Threaten to Boycott Classes Over Unpaid Allowances
Lecturers at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have threatened to withdraw their services in self-funding programmes if the university management does not pay them their...
View ArticleDevolution Will Drive Economic Growth: Mayor
Devolution is a key driver of economic development in a country, promoting indigenous communities to use their natural resources for economic solutions, Bulawayo Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni has...
View ArticleARTUZ’s Expectations on the 2020 National Budget
Today the Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube is going to present the annual National budget for 2020. As Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ, our expectation is a budget...
View ArticleGovernment of Zimbabwe Urged to Conduct Investigation into Individuals and...
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) is deeply concerned that there will be no end to illegal money changers and the black market in the financial sector unless if there is...
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