Cases Against Protestors Crumble As Courts Acquit Them Over Anti-Govt Demos
SIX people have been set free after they stood trial on charges of participating in anti-government protests staged in 2019 over the country’s worsening economic crisis. Harare Magistrate Yeukai...
View ArticleCHRA Rejects City of Harare 2020 Budget
The Combined Harare Residents Association condemns the perpetual blatant violation of legal provisions governing municipal budgeting by the City of Harare and Ministry of Local Government and rejects...
View ArticleResolutions of the Joint Meeting Between Education Sector Civil Society...
WE members of the civil society in partnership with the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education met today the 12th of March 2020 in Harare RECOGNIZING the crisis in the...
View ArticleWomen Converse on Tax Justice
Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) conducted the In Her Own Voice radio discussion at Skyz Metro FM which tackled Tax Justice and how it affects women. The discussion was conducted in...
View ArticleWALPE International Women’s Day Commemorations 2020
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE), this week joined the nation and the rest of the world in commemorating the International Women’s Day (IWD) under the theme: I am...
View ArticleThe good, the bad and those in between: A simple, non-legal analysis of the...
Introduction Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill gazzetted on the 31st of December 2019 proposes a myriad of changes to the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013. This has...
View ArticleProspects for the realization of 50-50 gender representation in Zimbabwean...
Summary On the 8th of March, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2020 International Women’s Day. This year’s edition runs under the theme: “I am generation equality: realizing...
View ArticleZim prisoners living under harsh conditions
Prisoners in Zimbabwe are living under harsh and life-threatening conditions owing to a cocktail of challenges faced by the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), a recent United States...
View ArticleChristian women urged to report GBV cases
Emthonjeni Women’s Forum says there is a need to increase Gender-Based Violence (GBV) awareness in churches so that women can speak out on the abuses happening in their different denominations. This...
View ArticleCommunique on #Women4TaxJustice from the Public Opinion Space
On Friday, the 13th of March 2020, Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) in partnership with Amakhosikazi Media, Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA), Bulawayo Progressive...
View ArticleAmid Hunger in Zim, Chief Outlaws Growing of Small Grain Crops, Summons...
A ZIMBABWEAN couple is standing trial today in Hurungwe, Mashonaland West province before Chief Chundu (born Abel Mbasera) after they were charged with growing (mhunga) millet crop, which the...
View ArticleDemocratic credentials strained in Harare Metropolitan Province Local...
THE election into office as Ward Councillors of mostly opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance from the 2000s in urban areas promised to usher in a new era of transparency and...
View ArticleEducation Amendment Act of 2019, Exam Fees
Why should a child be allowed access into school and kept without money for all these years only to be discriminated upon when it comes to be tested for what they have gained in knowledge through exam...
View ArticleWhy Mthuli Ncube must be fired!
Professor Mthuli Ncube became Finance Minister as one of the five technocrats who were picked on the basis of his competency. The appointing authority even boasted that he had appointed technocrats...
View ArticleOpen Mic: Artists bemoan burdens of multiple taxation
In an action packed session of the Open Mic that was facilitated by Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD), last Saturday (14 March 2020), at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe – Bulawayo,...
View ArticleCoronavirus Scare: Govt Responds to ZLHR’s Concerns
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has responded to concerns raised by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) over threats posed by coronavirus in Zimbabwe and assured people that it has...
View ArticleCoronavirus Pandemic Demands Bold Leadership From All of Us
The government has declared a national emergency in face of the deadly coronavirus. Public gatherings have been banned but schools are to remain open. This move has sparked outrage among teachers and...
View ArticleCOVID 19 – VISET to Put in Place a Comprehensive Informal Sector Response Plan
The novel coronavirus (COVID- 19) which was first detected in China is a solid confirmation that every country needs to be ready to timely detect and manage outbreaks of any type. At the Vendors...
View ArticleExorbitant fees hamper Zimbabwean citizens’ right to information
Following the reviewing of listeners’ licence fees for both radio and television by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, another Statutory Instrument, SI 63 of 2020 Broadcasting (Listener’s...
View ArticleCovid 19: A Call for Unity and Action in Zimbabwe
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) implores the government of Zimbabwe to speedily draft and implement a national plan on managing and mitigating the spread of Covid-19 (Corona Virus) in...
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