Lawyer, HRDs Plead Not Guilty as Trial Over Possession of Miniature Coffin...
NINE human rights defenders (HRDs) on Monday 2 December 2019 pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal nuisance as their trial commenced at Harare Magistrates Court. The nine HRDs who include human...
View ArticleZimbabwe Should Ratify ACDEG to Promote Democracy
The African Charter on Democracy and Governance (ACDEG) was adopted in 2007 by the African Union (AU). The charter is very clear on the need for states to support government institutions, political...
View ArticleGlen View Area 8 Fires: VISET set for a Fact-Finding Mission
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET), is set to conduct a Fact-Finding Tour at Glen Area 8 furniture complex which was gutted down by an inferno on Tuesday the 2nd of...
View ArticleExtension of Presidential Term Limit – Constitution Watch 10 / 2019
ZANU-PF’s secretary for administration is reported to have told a party rally that Parliament could extend the Presidential term-limit beyond the current two terms mandated by the Constitution. When...
View ArticleThe Financial Adjustments Bill, 2019 – Bill Watch 66 / 2019
Investigations by the Auditor-General and Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts have revealed that Government’s finances have been mismanaged over the past few years on a scale that beggars...
View ArticleHighlights of City of Harare 2020 Proposed Budget – New Hope Towards a Smart...
Introduction and Background The City of Harare tabled its proposed 2020 Budget on Tuesday 26 November 2019 at the Town House Chambers in the presence of all Councillors and management. Presenting the...
View ArticleRemove Obstacles to Anti-Corruption and Expedite the Prosecution of High...
As Zimbabwe celebrates the International Anti-Corruption Day (9 December 2019) Zimbabwean policy-makers and relevant authorities are urged to reflect on all issues hampering the country’s national...
View ArticleStatement on Human Rights Day
Heal Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Human Rights Day, a day that is observed every year on the 10th of December. The day is historic in that it is the day that the...
View ArticleYouth Standing up for Human Rights: Statement on International Human Rights Day
ON the occasion of the United Nations International Human Rights Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) calls upon government to recognise and value the contribution of youths in the fight for...
View ArticleStatement on the Commemoration of the International Human Rights Day
As we come to the end of our 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, the Platform for Youth and Community Development (PYCD) joins the world in commemorating the International Human Rights...
View ArticleInternational Day for Human Rights – Youth Standing Up for Human Rights
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning...
View ArticleStatement on International Human Rights Day
Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ joins the rest of the world in commemorating the historic International human rights day. We commemorate this day in mourning in the wake of the...
View ArticleComing up in Parliament This Week – Budget and Bills – Bill Watch 68 / 2019
Parliament Will Sit This Week, Starting Today, 10th December Coming up In the National Assembly Fast-tracking In the National Assembly fast-track procedure will continue to apply to: what is left for...
View ArticleIt is the politics and not the space satellite: November 2019 Monthly...
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Ms Hilal Elver who recently completed an 11 day mission after an invitation was extended by the government from 18 to 28 November 2019,...
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Artist Profile: Tawananyasha Chigwazo
Tawananyasha Chigwazo was born in Mbare, Harare in 1994. He is a self-taught artist and plays the mbira and guitar. He has not yet exhibited in a gallery but has privately sold his paintings. In 2019...
View ArticleWALPE Engages Members of Parliament to Push for the Fulfilment of...
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) between 10-12 December 2019 engaged Members of Parliament (MPs) on the need to push for the full implementation of gender equality...
View ArticleStatement on Proposed Protest Against Bustop TV
We read with concern the recent letter circulating on social media where a shadowy organisation, the Revolutionary Legacy Association, has written to the police asking for permission to demonstrate at...
View ArticleDemocracy Under Threat: Shrinking of Democratic Space in SADC
Coordinator’s Brief The SADC region is now emerging as one of the hotspots in the continent despite it witnessing transitions and change of leaders in the previous years. Though the region has seen a...
View ArticleCourt Blocks Construction of Church on Wetland
HIGH Court Judge Justice Webster Chinamora has ordered a property developer to stop construction of a church on a wetland in Harare following objections by some environmental rights campaigners and...
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Preliminary Statement on the Tongogara Rural District Council Ward 6 Local...
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted a by-election in Ward 6 of Tongogara Rural District Council (RDC). The by-election was held in accordance with section 121A of the Electoral Act (Chapter...
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