Call for NGOs to be declared an essential service in the fight against COVID...
It is imperative that the Zimbabwean government opens up working space for NGOs, CBOs and CSOs operating space in the ensuing lockdown. This is because a vast amount of NGO work will complement...
View ArticleThe Dilemma of Covid in Africa
I grew up in the nineties in Zimbabwe. The hallmark of Zimbabwe in the nineties was the Economic structural adjustment program famously touted ESAP. ESAP was one of the many drives by the...
View ArticleMore than half of population of Zimbabwe facing starvation amid Covid-19:...
Introduction More than seven million people in Zimbabwe are facing food shortages after the worst drought the Southern African Region has seen in 35 years. This figure is projected to increase to 8.8...
View ArticleCovid-19 Transparency and Accountability Monitoring Report
The World Health Organization (WHO) (COVID-19) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 30 January 2020 amplifying the multiple challenges countries such as Zimbabwe were likely to confront. In the...
View ArticleCall for Government of Zimbabwe action for the protection and promotion of...
Girls and Women Empowerment Network Trust (GWEN) commends the Government of Zimbabwe for taking the decisive action to contain the Corona virus health pandemic by enforcing the 21 days lock down from...
View ArticleMISA files court application against police harassment of journalists
MISA Zimbabwe has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking an order interdicting police officers and other law enforcement agents responsible for implementing the COVID-19...
View ArticleJournalist harassed by the army and police in Harare
Mary Taruvinga, a journalist with NewZimbabwe.com was this morning on 10 April 2020 reportedly harassed by members of the army and police officers while on her way to work in Harare’s central business...
View ArticleMISA files urgent COVID-19 court application
MISA Zimbabwe has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking an order compelling the government to publish and disseminate with immediate effect information on the private and...
View ArticleMasvingo Police Assistant Commissioner threatens journalists over news column
The officer Commanding Masvingo Province, Assistant Commissioner (AC) Tawoneyi Nyazema threatened two senior journalists in Masvingo over a news column in Masvingo provincial newspaper, TellZim News....
View ArticlePragmatism and Protection: Zimbabwe Lockdown – Day 13
Today marks 13 days into the Zimbabwean 21 Day Lockdown and communities are still gravely concerned about access to water, food and social protection measures amongst other essential services in order...
View ArticlePolice assault freelance journalist
Freelance journalist Terence Sipuma was on 11 April 2020 reportedly assaulted by members of the police and the army at the Kuwadzana roundabout in Harare while on his way to Chegutu to report on...
View ArticleCitizens, ZLHR Demand Police, Soldiers Wear Protective Clothing and Stop...
TWO Chinhoyi residents have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel police officers and soldiers, who are currently enforcing the national lockdown to wear protective clothing in the...
View ArticleSlow Progress Costs Lives: Zimbabwe Lockdown Day 14
Today marks the 14h Day of the Lockdown, and as the nation is about to commence the final week of the 21 Day lockdown, we grapple with many painful realities and unanswered questions regarding the...
View ArticleLockdown Day 14 Update
Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room is monitoring how communities are reacting to the national lockdown which was announced by the President on the 27th of March, 2020....
View ArticleImpact of SI 77 / 2020 on Access to Secure Housing
Over the past two months, nations of the world have been shaken to the core by the COVID-19 pandemic, commonly referred to as the coronavirus, which started in China in 2019, and has spread across the...
View ArticleJournalist forced to delete footage by soldiers
Freelance journalist James Jemwa was forced by two soldiers to delete his footage today around 1700hrs by in Harare’s suburb of Mufakose. Jemwa was interviewing some individuals in Mufakose at...
View ArticleLegislator, Activist Demand Safety Nets to Cushion Vulnerable People During...
A LEGISLATOR and a human rights activist have hauled President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some of his lieutenants to court seeking an order compelling government to provide safety nets and subsidies to...
View ArticleLockdown Day 15 Update
Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room is monitoring how communities are reacting to the national lockdown which was announced by the President on the 27th of March, 2020....
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 15
Today marks the 15th Day of the Lockdown in Zimbabwe, and 6 Days before the Zimbabwean Lockdown is due to end yet the nation remains anxious as to events that may unfold in the last week of the...
View ArticleCreating Covid-19 Safe Water Points
Our country Zimbabwe now has 17 confirmed COVID 19 cases. Of the 11, there are 3 deaths. Government has not done much on testing citizens on COVID 19. We have had only around 400 citizens tested out...
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