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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Nelson Chamisa has said it is is deeply alarmed and perturbed by the level to which the Rule of Law has been trampled upon by the Executive, the Army, Police, the National Prosecuting Authority and some elements of the Judiciary. Innocent Gonese, the MDC Secretary for Justice…
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) is calling for an inclusive national dialogue as a panacea to the country’s challenges across the political, social and economic fronts. ZESN made the call as it registered concerns over the recent violent protests characterised by looting, vandalism of property and infrastructure as well as the heavy handed response…
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the military have denied having played a hand in the violence and looting that took place during last week’s protests as Zanu (PF) lays blame on the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance. Addressing a joint press conference in Harare, the ZRP and Zimbabwe Defence Forces spokespersons shifted blame…
Switzerland should bar President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his delegation from entering their country, actor and human rights activist Silvanos Mugova has said. The Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his delegation will be arriving in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum Summit in Davos, amid torture, abductions, brutality by state apparatus (military, police, Central Intelligence Organisation…
The United Nations Human Rights Office of the Commissioner has said it is deeply troubled by the socio-economic crisis that is unfolding in Zimbabwe and the repression of large scale protests in the country, following the Government’s decision to increase fuel prices. “We call on the Government to find ways of engaging with the…
Several people have appeared in court in Zimbabwe after they were arrested by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers following anti-government protests held in the troubled southern African country over the deteriorating political and economic crisis. In Bulawayo, the first batch of five people, who were arrested by ZRP officers and charged with public violence as…
Soldiers were deployed to residential suburbs across towns and cities as the stay away called for by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions starting Monday 14 January 2019 turned violent. According to Generation Consensus, its activists on the ground reported widespread violation of rights by soldiers and police. The reported violations included abductions and torture,…
Angola’s economic troubles began in 2014 when global crude oil prices dipped and severely hampered the government’s ability to generate revenue João Lourenço has been president of Angola since 26 September 2017. About one year later, he cemented his hold on power by taking over the chairmanship of the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA)….
By NANGO The National Association of Non Governmental Organisations (NANGO), the official umbrella body of NGOs operating in Zimbabwe, notes with great concern the degeneration of the current social and political situation in the country. NANGO takes note of the the issues that a cross section of Zimbabweans have been raising over a prolonged period…
Thanks to the intervention by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), the Harare Magistrates’ Court on Monday 14 January 2019 set free a pro-democracy campaigner, who had endured two nights in police detention after he was arrested during the weekend for allegedly recording a video at Robert Mugabe International Airport. The 26 year-old Makomborero…
By Innocent Ndibali (Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) President) We as Zim EFF and on behalf of the majority of our people and together with the poor, downtrodden and disposed people of Zimbabwe today declare that we are real victims of Zanu PF’s mismanagement of our country which has resulted in the collapse of the…
7 January 2019-ESR analysis on critical economic challenges facing Zimbabweans today Post the 30th July 2018 harmonised elections, one of the most important questions that Zimbabweans have had to deal with is how the new government will resolve the deep and complex economic problems Zimbabwe is grappling with. Economic commentators have expressed mixed views and…
The Allegation that #Masiyiwa gave #ZanuPF USD45m to purchase grain used in the #Army-run runoff poll in 2008 is False: Nyambirai Human Rights Defenders, Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothes! I have only known Professor Jonathan Moyo from a distance. In the early years of my career as a young lawyer, we used to read…
By Jacob Mafume Zimbabwe is back to square zero, the wheels have come off completely just five months after the sham election of July 30 2018 and over a year since the departure of Robert Mugabe. The not so new actors have failed our people; the country finds itself in the prison of a deep…
By Jacob Mafume (MDC Spokesperson) The Zanu PF government never runs out of shockers, the expired drugs scandal is yet another bizarre episode of a cruel and uncaring leadership. The issue of expired drugs is just but a manifestation of expired leadership. It boggles the mind to even imagine a government delighting in procurement of…
The Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (“CHRDA”) (https://CHRDA.org) is stunned by the trends of events in the Anglophone Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon and by the degeneration of events tending to affect neighboUring Francophone Region of the West Region. Because of these, CHRDA alerts the government of an impending hate crime,…
President of the MDC Alliance, Advocate Nelson Chamisa on 24 December 2018 made spot visits to several places in the City of Harare where he spoke to citizens and assessed the plight of the Zimbabwean people. Chamisa spoke to people aboard several buses including those with peripheral destinations, buses that were headed to Gokwe, Chiredzi,…
Tendai Guvamombe and Michael Mashiri Free Zim Congress is determined to walk the talk in bringing to an end to all socio-economic challenges bedevilling the nation which the current government dismally failed to address, Party President Joseph Makamba Busha revealed. Addressing members of the media fraternity at a press conference held in the capital today,…
By Michael Mashiri The Government appears to be concentrating on strengthening its power and fighting political enemies than doing away with political corruption, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) official has said. At a press conference held in the Harare yesterday, Mr Bekezela Gumbo, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute Principal Researcher said, from the research they had conducted,…
“Whenever there are clashes here, they come and they rape women. Pregnant women, and also children and old women.” In Salamabila, Maniema Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civilians, and particularly women, are among the many victims of armed conflict that have intensified in the region since the beginning of the year. The need for…
Local human rights organisations have joined the people of Zimbabwe and the global community in the 2018 commemorations of the International Human Rights Day on 10 December. This year, the International Human Rights Day under theme “#StandUp4HumanRights” marks the 70thAnniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. The…
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) youth league has noted with great concern the statement issued on the 4th of December 2018 by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) on the revision of the constitutional provision of the presidential age limit from 40 years to 52 years. “It is unfortunate that such statements…
According to Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), authorities have summoned a 46 year-old woman to stand trial on charges of undermining the authority of or insulting the country’s ousted leader Robert Mugabe during his tenure as President. Flora Karosi of Karoi, Mashonaland West province was summoned to stand trial at Karoi Magistrates Court on…
By Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey) This week Istanbul will host two separate but related international conferences on mediation. One will be devoted to the state of play in the conflict map and capacity for mediation within the membership of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The second one…
By Veritas The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has released a series of reports about politically partisan distribution of food and other State aid before and after polling in the 30th July election. The ZHRC received numerous complaints over the manner in which food aid and agricultural inputs from the State were being distributed, and…
By Byron Mutingwende The youths have come up with issues of high priority code named Key Asks that they want the government and other stakeholders to address as a matter of urgency. This emerged at a breakfast meeting organised by the Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust (YETT) that held in Harare on 15…
The Secretary General of the MDC Youth Assembly, Lovemore Chinoputsa has denied the existence of an outfit called Vanguard, insisting his party has peaceful and disciplined youths. Chinoputsa said the so-called Vanguard had since been disbanded on the orders of the national council, the party’s Supreme decision-making body in between Congresses. “As the MDC Youth…
Joel Gabbuza, an opposition legislator has been charged with undermining authority of or insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he allegedly accused the ZANU PF party leader of being devoid of solutions to fix Zimbabwe’s economic crisis. Hon. Joel Gabbuza, the MDC-Alliance party legislator for Binga South constituency appeared in court on Monday 12 November 2018…
By ZLHR Information The trial of opposition political party leader Tendai Biti on charges of contravening the Electoral Act commenced on Monday 12 November 2018 with the human rights lawyer challenging the involvement of Michael Reza as the lead prosecutor. As trial commenced before Harare Magistrate Gloria Takundwa, Biti filed an application objecting to the…
By Jacob Mafume (MDC National Spokesperson) There is a continuous threat to President Nelson Chamisa’s life and we note with concern a perpetual invasion of his privacy. While we understand that he is a public official, we are extremely worried that the State has put up apartheid-style surveillance which is in violation of the Constitution…
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says it is disturbed by comments attributed to Home Affairs Minister Cain Mathema that any future anti-government demonstrations would be crashed. The minster is quoted in the government controlled The Herald newspaper of 7 November saying that Government has put in place security measures to deal with malcontents…
By Jacob Mafume (MDC National Spokesperson) The MDC takes this opportunity to put on record the process which the MDC followed in electing mayors in various municipalities across the country. 1. The party called for expression of interest from elected councillors in all the cities and towns. 2. Interested candidates submitted their profiles and CVs….
By Jacob Mafume (MDC Spokesperson) The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is shocked by the admission by the acting Prosecutor General Mr. Kumbirai Hodzi that he is captured by the Executive. Responding to a question on why he has not prosecuted 27 high profile cases in his locker, he clearly remarked that, “I get instructions…
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition on October 30, 2018 met with the SADC Chairperson and President of Namibia, H.E Hage Geingob at State House in Windhoek, Namibia to brief him on the deepening political and economic crisis bedevilling Zimbabwe. The meeting, came upon a request by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and a delegation from…
By Byron Mutingwende The Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe (LEDRIZ) has produced a publication focusing on the importance of upholding socio-economic rights of the citizens. Dr. Prosper Chitambara, while introducing the publication titled “Socio-economic rights in Zimbabwe: A Situational Analysis 1980–2018 “ to journalists in Harare on 30 October 2018, said…
By Byron Mutingwende Cuba’s Ambassador, Her Excellence Carmelina Ramirez Rodriguez has said her country enjoys a long-standing relationship with Zimbabwe and urged the Southern African country to remain resolute as it works towards development. In an exclusive interview with Spiked Online Media, Ambassador Rodriguez said the relationship between the two countries that date back…
By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe enjoys cordial relations with Turkey with common interests between the two nations increasingly pivoted on economic cooperation. In his address at the Republic of Turkey’s National Day reception held in Harare on 29 October 2018, Ambassador Chitsaka Chipaziwa from Zimbabwe’s ministry of foreign affairs congratulated Turkey on its 95th Anniversary of…
By Byron Mutingwende Southern African countries are meeting in Pretoria to share notes on the current migration management project in a bid to find solutions to the complexity of the issue affecting the regional economic community. In his address during the stakeholders meeting, Dr. Joni Musabayana, the Director of the Decent Work Team…
Zimbabwean authorities have stepped up their crackdown against perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after arresting and charging a Bulawayo man with undermining authority of or insulting the ZANU PF party leader. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) reported that Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers on Friday 26 October 2018 arrested Wisdom Mkwananzi and…
Honourable Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira has been elected Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) representing Southern Africa. “The road has been long. I won against Hon Professor Lungwangwa who is the former Minister of Higher Education in Zambia in October last year. In May this year, I won against Dr. Penyo Butale of Botswana….
Members of the Parliament of Zimbabwe delegation designated to the Pan – African Parliament were yesterday sworn in as Members of the 5th Parliament of the Pan – African Parliament at an official function to mark the opening of the 1st Ordinary Session of the 5th Pan African Parliament at the Kigali Convention Centre in…
The European Union in Zimbabwe has a new Ambassador: Mr Timo Olkkonen presented his credentials to H.E. President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday at State House. Speaking after the occasion, Ambassador Olkkonen said: “I am honoured and excited to start my tour of duty as the European Union’s Head of Delegation to the Republic of Zimbabwe today….
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay made a statement to Turkish News Agency regarding the concept of a loose federation which was brought to the agenda by the Greek Cypriot leadership. In his statement, Özersay mentioned that the Greek Cypriot leadership might be trying to imprison the Turkish Cypriot side and…
BY Miriam Zvomuya In its assessment of Zimbabwe’s 2018 elections, the European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) Deputy Chief Observer, Mr. Mark Stephens said most aspects of the plebiscite did not meet international standards. “As such, many aspects of the 2018 elections in Zimbabwe failed to meet international standards. We recommend that the Zimbabwe Electoral…
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has condemned the recent human rights abuses by the police. The human rights violations were perpetrated in a bid to stop plans by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to demonstrate against tax hikes, increases in the prices of basic goods and the economic meltdown. Police arrested and…
