ZLHR, HWT and COSMO Stop Property Development On Wetland
THE Environment Management Agency (EMA) has ordered a property developer to stop housing developments on a critical wetland in Harare, following protests by environmental rights campaigners. EMA...
View ArticleInternational Vendors Day Commemorations: Unity Is Our Strength
The 14th of November 2019 marks the 8th commemoration of International Street Vendor’s Day. The day spotlights the significant contribution street vendors make towards their local economies. It is a...
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New Curriculum’s Blatant Disregard for Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination
Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) is concerned about the new curriculum’s blatant disregard for Gender Balance, Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination espoused in the execution of...
View ArticleKey Youth Demands to the Government of Zimbabwe
Background A lot of decisions which are shaping the future of the youth in Zimbabwe are being made today. The youth movement must urgently mobilize to ensure that the youth are the centre of shaping...
View Article2020 National Budget
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development Honorable, Professor Mthuli Ncube presented the 2020 National Budget Statement to Parliament on 14 November 2019 whose theme is ‘Gearing for Higher...
View ArticleDay 77 of Incapacitation
Our unity has brought us this far. We have overcome all the hurdles coming our way and collectively we continue doing so. Apologies for not availing the minutes of the meeting in time as we had...
View ArticleHigh Court Nullifies Suspension of College Students for “Beating Drums”
HIGH Court Judge Justice Erica Ndewere on Saturday 16 November 2019 nullified the suspension of six Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) students, who had been suspended by the institution for...
View Article77 Days of Inaction Against Corruption in Gokwe
Today, the 18th of November 2019, the Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) is counting 77 days of inaction against alleged corruption by the Gokwe Town Council (GTC). The following...
View ArticleHAMREF Attends Logic Meeting
HAMREF Chairperson Marvellous Kumalo is attending the Local Government Investment Conference in Bulawayo. HAMREF through its representative Marvellous Kumalo will table the Devolution Paper for...
View ArticleBreaking News: Zimbabwe High Court Awards Damages In Ground Breaking Judgment...
The Bulawayo High Court in Zimbabwe delivered a scathing judgment against Zimbabwean police. The Honourable Justice Bere awarded Ricky Nathanson, a transgender woman and activist originally from...
View ArticleHeavy Rains Cause Destruction at Rural Schools
A School child of Swazi Primary in Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South was drowned by heavy rains that destroyed Chindenga and Tsiko Primary Schools elsewhere in Mutoko District, Mashonaland...
View ArticleOn World Toilet Day, “Leave No One Behind”
ON World Toilet Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) reminds government to scale up efforts to address the sanitation problem in urban and rural communities. Commemorated every year on 19...
View ArticleIGT Commemorates Universal Children’s Day
IThemba for Girls Trust (IGT) is joining the world in celebrating the United Nations Universal Children’s Day (20 November). Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 to promote amongst other...
View ArticlePolice use of violence to disperse civilians, barbaric and unconstitutional
Heal Zimbabwe unreservedly condemns the use of brute force by the police during a scheduled Hope of the Nation Address by MDC Alliance President ,Nelson Chamisa on 20 November 2019. The attack on...
View ArticleStatement On Police Brutality Outside Morgan Tsvangirai House
We, the Young Lawyers Association of Zimbabwe, have taken note of the events that took place this morning, 20 November 2019, wherein members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police assaulted members of the...
View Article10-Month-Old Baby Detained in Police Brutal Crackdown of Citizens
A 10 month-old is among eight people who were arrested on Wednesday 20 November 2019 as Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers cracked down on citizens in Harare’s central business district. The 10...
View ArticleThe African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms As a Tool to Promote...
MISA Zimbabwe utilised the recently held Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance Conference to raise awareness about the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms (AfDec). AfDec elaborates “…...
View ArticleMasvingo Residents Calls For An End To Partisan Distribution of Government Aid
The residents of Masvingo Central ward 16 have called for an end to partisan distribution of government aid mostly by Zanu PF officials and groups of people purporting to be war veterans in rural...
View ArticleWomen’s Dialogue Meeting “Enhancing the role of Women in Society”
Macrad conducted a women’s dialogue meeting on “Enhancing the role of Women in Society” in Gutu District, Gutu South and North constituency on the 16th of November 2019. Gutu district is the third...
View ArticleZLHR Condemns Assault of Human Rights Lawyer
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) strongly condemns the despicable conduct of some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers, who physically assaulted human rights lawyer Douglas Coltart on...
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