ACT-SA Urges SADC Member States to Ratify and Domesticate Anti-Corruption...
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) is happy with the progress made by SADC Member States vis-à-vis the signature and ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC),...
View ArticleSikhala Acquitted Over Plot to Overthrow Mnangagwa’s Govt
HIGH Court Judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze on Friday 14 February 2020 acquitted Zengeza West constituency legislator Hon. Job Sikhala, who had been on trial on charges of plotting to overthrow...
View ArticleMasvingo Residents Arrested After Skirmishes at Sikhala’s Trial
ZIMBABWEAN police on Sunday 16 February 2020 arrested and charged five Masvingo residents for allegedly damaging a police vehicle and destroying some property. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers...
View ArticleZIMSEC horror examination fees, government should pay up
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council, ZIMSEC has joined the band wagon of service providers who are indexing prices of their services to the interbank rates. This is coming at a time when salaries...
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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Turns 30
Last year the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) turned 30, and to commemorate the milestone the Embassy of Sweden produced a photo essay which they exhibited on their embassy walls....
View ArticleDrought contributing to artisanal mining wars
Climate change-induced drought has been described as one of the contributors of increased conflict in the artisanal mining sector in Bubi District. Participants at a Habakkuk Trust organized District...
View ArticleUnpacking the Proposed Constitutional Amendments . . . Appointment and...
Who is the Prosecutor General and what does he do? Kumbirai Hodzi was sworn in by the President as the Prosecutor General on 23 January 2019 after the forced resignation of his predecessor Ray Goba....
View ArticleZIMSEC Exam Fees Against Access to State Funded Basic Education
Every Child In School #ECIS Campaign calls on the Government of Zimbabwe to immediately revoke the recent announcement by the ZIMSEC which seeks to impose increase on examination fees on the already...
View ArticleCivil Society takes stand against constitutional amendments
Civil Society Organisations under the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition banner today (18 February 2020) took a firm stand and dismissed in totality Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 for what it is, a...
View ArticleThe Struggle for Community Radio in Zimbabwe
The world over, community radio is synonymous with development, as it is a tool for transforming societies through placing the means of communication in the hands of the community. Community radio’s...
View ArticleThe Government and Law Enforcement Agents Should Urgently Deal With...
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) is gravely concerned by an increase in the number of cases of corruption in the distribution of food aid in most parts of Zimbabwe. It is becoming...
View ArticleExhumations and Reburials are Taking Long
Families and survivors of Gukurahundi have expressed sadness with the slow pace that the National Peace and Reconciliation Commissions (NPRC) is taking to address their request of exhumations and...
View ArticleExamination Fees Reversal by Minister Mathema Welcome Move, Now To Scrapping...
Every Child In School #ECIS Campaign is pleased by the response the minister has given to ours and the many other voices that SPOKE against the increase in examination fees for Ordinary and A’ Levels....
View ArticleBack-Dating Tax Exemptions and Refunds
Introduction On the 31st January the Minister of Finance published two statutory instruments in the Gazette, numbers 24 and 25 of 2020, back-dating exemptions from income tax and refunds of value...
View ArticleSpecial Publication on Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Will a Constitution amendment make Zimbabwe more democratic? Leaders of various civil society organisations have described attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to amend the 2013...
View ArticleMinistry Bows Down to ARTUZ Demand on ZIMSEC Exam Fees
The Government of Zimbabwe has bowed down to our demand of scrapping the recently announced Zimsec School fees in the face of Austerity. We welcome the move as it mean a win for our fight for pro-poor...
View ArticleZimbabwe needs to adopt a rights based approach in regulation of the Internet
Zimbabwe has been in the process of aligning its laws with the 2013 Constitution resulting in the unbundling in 2019 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) through the...
View ArticleWave of Arrests in Zim as Authorities Clamp Down on Dissent
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have stepped up their onslaught against dissent after arresting a total of 47 people in one day for allegedly participating in anti-government protests over the country’s...
View ArticleAmending the Constitution Part 5 – Constitution Watch 5 / 2020
In this Constitution Watch we continue our analysis of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill, examining the provisions for non-constituency members [i.e. those elected by proportional...
View ArticleUS Dollar Salaries: Economy Has Re-dollarised
The demand for United Stated dollars interbank indexed salaries has been overtaken by the fast tracked automatic re-dollarisation of the economy. Mangudya’s recent pronouncement of sticking to a mono...
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