Zimbabwe Lockdown: Day 69 – WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
69 days into the lockdown, and the number of COVID-19 positive cases as at the 5th of June 2020 has increased by 28 new cases, bringing the total number to 265. All the new cases were recorded from...
View ArticleZLHR Condemns Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Dumisani Dube
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is deeply concerned by the arrest of Bulawayo-based lawyer Dumisani Dube on Saturday 6 June 2020. Dube is facing the charge of defeating or obstructing the...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 70 – WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
70 days into the lockdown, the Ministry of Health and Childcare reported that as at the 6th of June 2020, the number of COVID-19 positive cases had increased to 277. The 70th day of the Lockdown marks...
View ArticleDeterioration of Civil Liberties in Zimbabwe and the Attack on the Legal...
Set against the backdrop of a week of global protests against state brutality and discrimination, the Young Lawyers Association of Zimbabwe (YLAZ) is increasingly concerned by the continued...
View ArticleZEC’s Suspension of Elections Quarantines Democracy
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) notes with concern the the continued suspension of electoral activities by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) without consulting key electoral...
View ArticleGovernment surveillance should be lawful, justified and necessary
The recent press statement released by the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Kazembe Kazembe, on the alleged abduction of three MDC Alliance Activists Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and...
View ArticleTransport woes give rise to pirating in Filabusi
The government ban of public transport vehicles to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus has given rise to pirate taxes in Filabusi Centre. ZUPCO buses and kombis remain the only allowed mode of...
View ArticleVillagers in Chilonga Chiredzi protest after Vice-President’s address
Chiredzi South villagers on Wednesday last week raised placards in the presence of vice president Constantino Chiwenga to protest a lucerne grass farming project which is bound to displace over 1 000...
View ArticleTyranny ‘masked’ as COVID-19 enforcement: ZPP Monthly Monitoring Report May 2020
Executive Summary On 23 May 2020, Paul Munakopa of Bulawayo died in circumstances that could have well been avoided. The 34-year-old was a victim of the police’s heavy-handedness. He was shot during a...
View ArticleLawyers Under Siege As Court Sets Free Opposition Party Leaders Arrested on...
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have stepped up their crackdown against legal practitioners by questioning and arresting several lawyers and charging them with defeating or obstructing the course of justice...
View ArticleAmending the Constitution in the Midst of a pandemic. . . It’s a grand heist!...
71 days into the lockdown, the Ministry of Health and Childcare reported that as at the 8th of June 2020, the number of COVID-19 positive cases had increased to 287 cases. Today Parliament of...
View ArticleMasvingo Lockdown Monitoring Update 8 June 2020
Contextual Assessment During the lockdown period under scrutiny, the operating environment is characterized by political tensions and the debilitating economy continued to nose dive and this...
View ArticleERC Statement on ZEC Press Release on Suspension of By- Elections
On the 25th March 2020, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) suspended activities due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the significant health risk it posed. This was a decision similar...
View ArticleConstitution of Zimbabwe Amendment 2 Bill Hearings
Heal Zimbabwe expresses deep concern over the announcement by Parliament of Zimbabwe on plans to conduct public hearings on the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill number 2 amid the infinite...
View ArticleSummary of Proceedings on a Virtual Meeting Held by ZESN and the Portfolio...
Introduction The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has been working on electoral matters since its inception. Pursuant to the 2018 elections, it lodged a petition with the Parliament of...
View ArticleUnilateral Increase of Rates by City of Harare entrenches Autocratic...
The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) is concerned with the unilateral increase in rates by the City of Harare backdated to January 2020. Under the hyperinflationary context, the huge rates will soon be...
View ArticleConstitutional Amendment Number 2 Public Hearings
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) rejects the premature announcement of Public Hearings dates on proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2 and calls on the Parliament of Zimbabwe to suspend...
View ArticleChaotic Council Billing Rattles Residents
Harare residents are angry and in a state of shock over the ballooning of their bills which the City claims has been necessitated by backdating of rates increase from January 2020. The shocker comes...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 72 – WCOZ Covid-19 Situation Report
72 days into the lockdown, the Ministry of Health and Childcare reported that as at the 9th of June 2020, the number of Covid-19 positive cases had increased to 314 cases. Commending the latest...
View ArticleCovid- 19 Status Update 7
Period: Tuesday 02 June 2020- Monday 08 June 2020 Introduction The Harare Residents’ Trust continues to monitor the situation in Harare suburbs during the lockdown. Level two continues, with formal...
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