Writes Lovemore Chazingwa The conflict in the Gaza Strip has escalated to open public artificial intelligence (AI) warfare as there appears to be a newfound battle for control of leading global social media platforms. The clampdown on perceived dissenting voices on social media platforms is now a cause for grave concern. Those sections and individuals…
Writes Lovemore Chazingwa Division among world leaders is one of the reasons the world continues to suffer the scourge of genocides and humanitarian catastrophes, a diplomat has said. Palestine Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Dr. Tamer Almassri said this on the occasion he organized a press conference on the ongoing Palestine/Israeli conflict and voicing solidarity messages for…
Mafa Kwanisai Mafa, the National Chairman of the Zimbabwe Palestine Solidarity Council has said his organisation stands with the Palestinian people and defends their right to resist apartheid and oppression. In doing this, Mafa urged Israel to work for peace and respect the two-nation solution in ending the conflict. He said Israel has spent the…
Writes Lovemore Chazingwa It has been a decades-old war whose end looks like a mirage seemingly normalizing an abnormal state of affairs pitting Israel and Palestine in the new world international political order (NWIPO). Both Islamic states want autonomous authority over the Gaza Strip. The Strip has stayed on the political radar of consequent governments,…
Writes Itai Rusike (Executive Director of Community Working Group on Health) Now that the elections are over, the people of Zimbabwe expect the fulfilment of the election manifesto, in which you promised massive improvement in health infrastructure; more health personnel; accessible and affordable medicines; free medical care for cancer patients; at least one hospital per…
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Promise Mkwananzi has denounced the cabinet announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as illegitimate. He said President Mnangagwa announced the cabinet “ignoring regional and international observer missions’ criticisms of the ZANU-PF regime’s conduct of the 23rd August 2023 elections, contempt by voters who have dismissed the election as a…
Writes Tafadzwa Muranganwa A local observer mission, Civil Society and Churches Joint Forum (CSCJF) national coordinator, Abigale Mupambi, has come guns blazing against some foreign observer missions for unsubstantiated reports. Speaking during the presentation of CSCJF’s 2023 elections preliminary report, Mupambi said there was a need for foreign observer missions to declare where they were…
Writes Marlvin Ngiza The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has appealed to all political players to be guided by the philosophy of peace, unity, and development of the nation on the eve of the 23 August polls. In a statement released to mark the Heroes Day and Defence Forces Day commemorations, the consortium undermined violence…
Writes Persistence Gwanyanya Sometimes, it is advisable to maintain a winning formula. The resolution by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to stay the course of a tight monetary policy stance, as expressed in the Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement of 2023, is instructive. Clearly, this stance will allow current…
Writes Elvis Dumba Kariba – A worrying trend of the involvement of young children has been noticed in the current political landscape as politicians solicit votes in the forthcoming harmonized elections. The media has been urged to be ethical and sensitive to children in covering election stories. The sentiments came out during the Zimbabwe Media…
Writes Linda Masarira, LEAD President Some time ago, I registered my concerns about the flawed delimitation report and suggested that the process be redone. Ironically, myself included had settled to just go into the elections without the contentious issues being addressed. Beyond the delimitation report was also the issue of the unconstitutional amendment of the…
The “End violence vote for Her campaign” launched in Harare today seeks to foster and increase women’s political participation and uptake of leadership positions in various spheres of life. The campaign comprises a coalition of development and women’s rights organisations including the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women),…
Writes Tafadzwa Muranganwa A Ward 31, Dzivarasekwa aspiring councillor, Lecy Mutsigwa revealed her strong admiration for United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) party president Elisabeth Valerio. Mutsigwa revealed this during a ‘campaign dialogue on opportunities and challenges facing women in politics organised by the Gender and Media Connect (GMC) on Friday, stating that the opposition female leader…
Responding to news of the death of Tinashe Chitsunge, an opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist in Harare on Thursday, allegedly at the hands of ruling ZANU-PF supporters, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said: “The fatal attack on Tinashe Chitsunge, a CCC activist, paints a grim picture of the human…
Writes Masotsha Munyarari Zimbabwe is badly hurting, especially as it suffers from deep historical marginalisations along ethnic, racial, and sexual lines. With less than 40 days to go to the next election, this article seeks to ring some bell in the hearts and minds of policymakers and contesting politicians to strive to rise above these…
Writes Amnesty International Zimbabwe’s upcoming general election will take place in the context of five years of systematic, brutal crackdowns on human rights, including recent restrictions on political opposition gatherings, the violent suppression of protests, and the criminalization of state critics, Amnesty International said today, ahead of the vote on 23 August. Over the past…
Writes Professor Laeed Zaghlami (Algiers University, Algeria) It is correlated that since the victory of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in the December 2019 presidential elections, Algeria has gradually restored its security recovery, political stability, the beginning of an economic take-off, the embodiment of the values of social justice, and a diplomatic movement at more than one…
Responding to the news that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill, 2022, commonly referred to as the “Patriotic Bill”, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Research Director for Southern Africa, said: “The signing of the ‘Patriotic Bill’ into an Act by the President is a grave attack…
HE Berna Kasnakli, the Turkish Ambassador to Zimbabwe today praised the host country for its stance of refusing to entertain the FETO terrorist organisation. She made the remarks on the occasion to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 15 July failed Coup attempt by FETO Terrorist Organization against the Government of the Republic of Türkiye….
J&J must end its patent monopoly on bedaquiline so generic versions of this lifesaving drug can be widely produced Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility announcement yesterday of a deal with US pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to provide access to affordable generic versions of lifesaving tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline will only offer a…
The Embassy of Palestine in Zimbabwe has said Israel’s ongoing aggression against Jenin is a dangerous escalation that will drag the region into more bloodshed. In that regard, the State of Palestine calls on the international community to immediately and urgently intervene to stop Israel’s massive military campaigns against the undefended Palestinian people under its…
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has noted with concern the position that was taken by Parliament to retain the nomination fees for all electoral candidates. This is a major systemic barrier to women’s participation in taking up leadership positions in the upcoming harmonised elections set for August 23, 2023. The fees published by the Zimbabwe…
Writes Persistence Gwanyanya Now that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has kick-started the transition to a market-based exchange rate mechanism by injecting foreign currency into the interbank market, through the wholesale foreign currency auction system, and removing the limits on forex trading margins, the next step to achieving stability is to boost the Zimbabwe…
Writes Tafadzwa Muranganwa An opposition party, the Democratic Union of Zimbabwe says it will brew a shocker by winning the impending plebiscite. The party led by Robert Chapman launched its manifesto on Saturday in Harare. Addressing a sizeable crowd, the party’s organising secretary, Maddock Mashonganyika, assured the party’s supporters that DUZ will surprise many and…
HE Chief Fortune Charumbira, the President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) who also doubles as the President of the Chiefs’ Council in Zimbabwe has distanced himself from a fake Twitter account purportedly sharing his political opinions. “We would like to address the recent circulation of a doctored screenshot of a tweet allegedly sent from…
Writes Shailet Mazula Culture has done an extreme job of making men believe that vulnerability is equal to weakness and failure. From the moment of birth, regardless of gender, people are exposed to stereotypes, such as a baby girl wrapped in a pink blanket instead of blue, or gifting a toy car instead of a…
Writes Kumbirai Mafunda Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is greatly saddened by the passing of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill H.B. 15, 2022 (introducing so-called patriotism provisions) in the House of Assembly on 31 May 2023. It now awaits to be presented and debated by the Senate. The Bill was gazetted…
By Julius Chadeba Tomorrow is Africa Day remembered as the annual commemoration of the organisation of African unity which was formed on 25 May 1963, which now is recognised as the African Union. It symbolised the determination of African countries to free themselves from foreign domination. Africa Day will not be completely celebrated without remembering…
The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Harare is against the continued Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people in a move described as a gross violation of human rights. In a statement released to the media, the embassy castigated the double standards towards the Palestinian people’s suffering which has encouraged Israel to increase crimes…
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa The Zanu PF government has no desire to implement devolution, a residents’ group leader has said. Speaking on Saturday at a belated World Press Freedom Day commemoration organised by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Harare Chapter, Harare Residents Trust director Precious Shumba exposed how the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led administration has not…
Online money transfer has become an important part of everyday life in Zimbabwe and across the globe. Digital money transfer services not only support millions of businesses but also help keep families and friends connected in the country and across borders. An estimated 908,913 Zimbabweans live and work in the diaspora, according to the Zimbabwe…
Own Correspondent On behalf of Chief FZ Charumbira whose name has been making rounds across social media platforms and some news outlets over allegations that he raped his niece, we want to make the following clarification in the interest of setting the record straight. Chief Charumbira has not been reported for rape at any police…
On Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine salutes the thousands of Palestinian detainees who have been and are still held arbitrarily and illegally in Israeli detention dungeons. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates the centrality of the Palestinian detainees’ cause and reaffirms that their freedom is a fundamental part…
Working with a high-performing team is a rewarding feature of a satisfactory work experience, according to Kundai Mapuranga, customer value management manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe. “A team that performs consistently well is one of the greatest things in the workplace, and I have the pleasure to have that experience with the great team I have…
Prof Mathole Motshekga, the Director of Kara Heritage Institute, who is a member of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) Committee on Education, Culture, Heritage, and Tourism is spearheading the African History Month Colloquium to be held on the 7th of March 2023 in celebration of Ghana’s independence led by the late President Kwame Nkrumah. Speaking…
The State of Palestine urgently calls on the international community to provide international protection for the undefended Palestinian people from unrelenting Israeli-sponsored terrorism and incitement. A statement from the Palestinian Embassy in Harare says the bloodletting scenes of Israeli Jewish terrorist militias in Huwara, destroying the lives of every discoverable Palestinian and burning homes, cars,…
By Josep Borrell 24 February 2022 will forever be recalled as the day when Russia started its brutal, unprovoked, and illegal invasion of Ukraine. This was and remains a case of pure aggression and a clear-cut breach of the UN Charter. This war is neither ‘just a European issue’, nor is it about the ‘West…
Dr. Najib Somoue Morocco’s victory in the heart of Paris: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), meeting this Friday 24.02.2023, as part of its General Assembly, has unanimously decided to remove Morocco from the gray area. This new victory of the Kingdom responds in a way that does not suffer equivocation to those who are…
By Dr. Najib SOMOUE (Financial analyst and economic expert) The post-covid 19 world economic order will be characterized by the need to establish a solid and sustainable international cooperation framework. And the most successful economic development strategies will be those based on co-development and investment in regional value chains to accelerate the processes of economic…
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration’s engagement and re-engagement drive is bearing fruit as formerly hostile western countries, including the United States, warm up to good relations with Zimbabwe. This was revealed by ZANU PF Politburo member and Party Spokesperson Ambassador, Christopher Mutsvangwa. Ambassador Mutsvangwa said a top diplomat of the United…
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) contends that the delimitation exercise is vital for the integrity of the electoral process. The electoral body said the delimitation of electoral boundaries into wards and constituencies is a critical aspect of constitutional states that follow the principle of representative democracy. According to ZESN, the size of wards and…
By H.E. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi “I was blind, but now I see.” This is what Vainesi, from Salima District in Central Malawi, said after surgery to treat trachoma. A mother of three, Vainesi had been unable to work or provide for her family once the disease began to affect her eyesight. Vainesi…
By Rejoice Ngwenya Last week I deliberately torched a storm with a quote from the Australian Constitution – deciphered from a simplistic perspective – insinuating how citizens in that country are compelled to vote. The most prevalent argument against my support of that stance was that in a normal liberal democracy, choosing not to vote…
Heinous crimes of assassination were committed by the Israeli apartheid occupation forces against at least 9 Palestinians and while injuring dozens of others during an invasion of the city of Jenin, northern occupied West Bank. It was reported that the Israeli occupation forces prevented ambulances from reaching the wounded by shooting at medical personnel. The…
On January 17, 2023, the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) hosted a Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Indaba on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and cast an aspersion on the Delimitation Process and the general political environment ahead of the 2023 general elections. The CSOs Indaba interrogated the technical aspects of the 2023 general elections as…
