Zim Court Rejects Onerous Bail Conditions for Abductees as Authorities...
HARARE Magistrate Barbra Mateko on Thursday 28 May 2020 rejected a bid by prosecutors to impose onerous bail conditions on three opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leaders, who were charged for...
View ArticleCoronavirus (Covid-19) Daily Updates
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care publishes daily updates on Coronavirus testing and cases. May 2020 28 May27 May26 May* (no update published)25 May24 May23 May22 May21 May20 May19 May18...
View ArticleLockdown Update 27 May 2020
Introduction On the 19th of April, Zimbabwe extended its lockdown with 14 days as a way of escalating measures of reducing the spread of COVID-19. The country’s extension illustrates the government’s...
View ArticleCyber Bill will be subjected to due parly processes despite COVID-19 regulations
The Parliament of Zimbabwe says it will adhere to requisite parliamentary processes following the gazetting of the Cybersecurity and Data Protection Bill notwithstanding the COVID-19 lockdown measures...
View ArticleKnowledge, Attitude and Perception Towards Corruption in Zimbabwe
Foreword This research could not have come at a better time, with Zimbabwe at a crossroads, requiring honest and well-informed decisions on the political, social and economic fronts. The research...
View ArticleZESN’s position paper on Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.2) Bill
Executive Summary The government is proposing to amend the Constitution and some of the proposed changes affect the conduct of elections. This is ZESN’s position paper concerning the proposed changes....
View ArticleMasvingo Lockdown Monitoring Update: 29 May 2020
MACRAD continues to monitor how citizens in Masvingo are responding to COVID19 second phase lockdown measures. Soldiers and riot police had to be called in today at Masvingo Teachers’ College...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 61 – WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
61 days into the lockdown and the Ministry of Health and Child Care reports that as at 28 May, the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 149 as per the report dated for yesterday the 28th of...
View ArticleVillagers stranded with medication
Antiretroviral drugs are reportedly piling up in rural areas as parents are failing to send the critical drugs to their children and grandchildren in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana due to the...
View ArticleMasvingo Lockdown Monitoring Update: 30 May 2020
MACRAD continues to monitor how citizens in Masvingo are responding to COVID19 second phase lockdown measures. There is an increase in number of people crossing into the country using illegal points...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 62 – WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
62 days into the lockdown, and we continue to witness an unprecedented increase of the COVID-19 positive cases. The Ministry of Health and Child Care reports that as at 29 May, the total number of...
View ArticleWomen are not magicians – Zimbabwe Lockdown: Day 63 – WCoZ Covid-19 Situation...
We are 63 days into the lockdown meaning Zimbabwe has spent over 2 months in lockdown, with the informal sector remaining the only sector closed due to the lockdown measures. According to statistics,...
View ArticleJustice in traditional courts put on hold
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed the justice system in limbo as traditional courts remain closed in response to the global pandemic. Traditional leaders play a key role in dispute resolution and...
View ArticleWWDs in Masvingo Speak Out on the Constitutional Amendment Bill #2
The government of Zimbabwe gazette the constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill (2). On 22nd of May 2020 the ICOD Zim convened a stakeholder position paper development on the Constitution Amendment...
View ArticleCovid-19 Status Update 6
Period: Friday 22 May 2020- Monday 25 May 2020 Introduction As the lockdown level 2 continues, essential services continue to be accessible to residents, whilst informal street markets remain shut....
View ArticleRetired and Suspended Officials Still Signatories on City Bank Accounts
The Harare City Council is failing to remove former Council employees and suspended officials from being signatories of the City’s accounts. Harare has 62 operational active bank accounts excluding 47...
View ArticleZESN Hosts the Electoral Support Network of Southern Africa Public Meeting
On Wednesday 27 June 2020, the Electoral Support Network of Southern Africa (ESN-SA) held its first regional public meeting under the theme “IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON DEMOCRACY AND SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN...
View ArticleLockdown Update 1 June 2020
Introduction On the 19th of April, Zimbabwe extended its lockdown with 14 days as a way of escalating measures of reducing the spread of COVID-19. The country’s extension illustrates the government’s...
View ArticleZim Doctors Haul Govt to Court Over Deplorable Conditions at Quarantine and...
ZIMBABWE Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) on Monday 1 June 2020 petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo to improve the...
View ArticleStatement on the Arrest and Detention of Advocate Thabani Mpofu
ON 1 June 2020, Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested, charged and detained Advocate Thabani Mpofu on allegations of defeating or obstructing the course of justice. Advocate Mpofu presented himself in the...
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