ARTUZ to block ill informed premature opening of schools
Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ notes with disgust the attempt by government to open schools during the obtaining national lockdown. The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council,...
View ArticleInformal traders receive SIM cards for COVID-19 cushioning funds
Informal traders in Bulawayo have started receiving NetOne SIM cards as part of preparations to receive COVID-19 cushioning funds from the government, Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA)...
View ArticleFinance minister taken to task over Zim cash crisis
Members of Parliament (MPs) have taken Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, to task over Zimbabwe’s persistent cash crisis, with legislators demanding to know what was being done to address the situation....
View ArticleTippy Taps Key in the Fight Against Covid-19
Regular washing of hands is a universally proven method of combating the spread of Covid-19. Rural communities have come up with effective ways of combating the spread of the novel Coronavirus through...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 73 – WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
73 days into the lockdown, the Ministry of Health and Childcare reported that as at the 10th of June 2020, the number of COVID-19 positive cases had increased to 320 cases. The Harare Province leads...
View ArticlePosition on Continuous Provision of Education during the Covid-19 Pandemic...
ECOZI appreciates the initiatives being taken by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) in ensuring continuous learning during the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the steps being taken...
View ArticleWALPE Statement on Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment No.2 Bill Public Hearings
The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) boldly repudiate the impetuous announcement of the Public Hearings dates (15-19 June 2020) on the proposed Constitutional Amendment...
View ArticleStatement on education sector preparedness to re-open schools during the...
Introduction and background The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is mandated to monitor the observance of human rights and freedoms by Section 243 (1) (c) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe...
View ArticleHigh Drama as Police Press more Cocktail of Charges Against Abductees
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members on Thursday 11 June 2020 pressed a cocktail of charges including faking abduction and disappearance against three opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leaders,...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 74 WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
74 days into the lockdown, the Ministry of Health and Childcare reported that as at the 10th of June 2020, the number of Covid-19 positive cases had increased to 320 cases. The Harare Province leads...
View ArticleMasvingo Lockdown Monitoring Update 11 June 2020
Contextual Assessment Heavy military was present in Masvingo urban. The water canons and military vehicles with armed soldiers were moving around the town in an incident which shocked the majority of...
View ArticleStatement on the Threats by the Working Committee of the National Security...
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) notes the statement from the Working Committee of the National Security Council (WCNSC) of Zimbabwe on the 10th of June 2020, dismissing widespread rumours of...
View ArticleZimrights National Council Statement on Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) National Council (the Council) met from 9 to 11 June 2020 at ZimRights House in Harare. Among other matters, the National Council reflected on the...
View ArticleReflections from Quarantine
So the Zimbabwean perspective has created its own reality over what is acceptable and what is not. I was surprised to note that there actually are guidelines on how to manage quarantine centres, and...
View ArticleProbe the Selection of Political Elites as Beneficiaries of a Scheme to...
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) is deeply concerned that the Scheme initiated by the government through the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, and SME Development in...
View ArticlePaper on Proposed Constitutional Changes
On 31 December 2019, the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill (hereafer the Constitutional Bill) in the Extraordinary Government Gazette. This...
View ArticleCovid-19’s impact on Women with Disabilities
Institute for Community Development Trust (ICOD) conducted a research on the impact of COVID-19 on Women With Disabilities (WWDs) in Masvingo urban, Zimbabwe. Despite the surging corona virus being...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Current Legal Position on Lobola in Zimbabwe
The last 72 hours, dated from the 12th of June 2020, where the Herald published an article titled New Law on Bride Price, has shifted the flow of conversation in many Zimbabwean homes. This has opened...
View ArticleAbductees Starve in Jail as Court Denies them Bail
HARARE Magistrate Bianca Makwande on Monday 15 June 2020 ordered Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to allow three victims of abduction and torture, who she condemned to prison after...
View ArticleCommunities Seek Fine Reprieve
Communities surrounding Matobo National Park are seeking a reprieve on fines paid when their livestock encroach into the Park boundary. This plea comes after the Parks authorities unilaterally...
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