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Targeting Zimbabwean migrants at funeral services: A disturbing trend in Hillbrow
A disturbing trend has emerged in Hillbrow, where police are targeting Zimbabwean migrants at funeral services, arresting them, and demanding bribes ranging from R1500 to R3000. This practice has left...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | 762 | by Anonymous
Zimbabwean man 'assisted' white farmers murder of 2 women in South Africa
Three men in South Africa are accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on their farm in a case that has outraged the public.The men appeared in court Tuesday in the northe...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:11hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
SADC meetings underway in Harare
Ahead of the 44th ordinary summit of heads of state scheduled for 17 and 18 August in Harare, Zimbabwe, Southern African Development Community (SADC) engagements proceeded without incident, despite gr...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:02hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's new Prisons Minister and the death penalty
Newly appointed correctional services minister Pieter Groenewald has over the years advocated for the death penalty to be reinstated to curb crime. Groenewald's appointment to the cabinet by P...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 09:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe genocide survivors struggle for closure
AS the 10-year term of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) in Zimbabwe, aimed at bringing peace and healing to survivors and families affected by past atrocities, approaches its en...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Foreign lawyers throw weight behind Mahere
LAWYERS based in neighbouring South Africa have condemned the recent conviction of Citizens Coalition for Change spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, saying it stifles freedoms of expression and media in Zimb...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Twitter threats to litigants in Zimbabwean Exemption Permit court case
Litigants in the court case to stop the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have received threats on Twitter. Archive photo: Tariro WashinyiraThe director of the Helen Suzman Fo...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 15:54hrs | 2 | by Ashraf Hendricks
South African Human Rights Commission CEO suspended over racism
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has suspended its acting CEO, Chantal Kisoon, pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that she made racial remarks at fellow staff me...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 20:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime change agents appeal to Sadc
REGIONAL human rights defenders have called on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to rally its member States to respect constitutional rights in the wake of rising intolerance to dissen...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai turning in his grave
THE late opposition MDC stalwart Morgan Richard Tsvangirai who died on 14 February, five years ago, is turning in his grave because some of his family members and close associates have joined the Zanu...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 10:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Paul Kagame: Cruel Betrayal of Matebeleland
In the first week of September 2022, Emmerson Munangagwa visited the Rwanda Genocide Memorial while he was attending a continental African Green Revolution Forum Conference in that country. Many peopl...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Backlash as SA's Phophi belittles Zimbabwean patient
SOUTH Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has lodged an official complaint against medical doctor and Limpopo province Member of Executive Committee (MEC), Phophi Ramathuba for "dehuma...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
NGOs' anti-Zimbabwe stance hits new low
Western-sponsored non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have once again contrived a bad statement alleging cooked up human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, all to cast the country in bad light, ahead of the...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trouble ahead in Zimbabwe
Conditions for the people of Zimbabwe continue to go from bad to worse. Triple digit inflation shows no signs of slowing.Over half of the country lives in poverty.Its corrupt governmen...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Michelle Gavin
Crackdown on NGOs could impact election observation
Zimbabwe is pressing ahead with a controversial Bill that critics say seeks to criminalise the operations of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the country.According to senior go...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 11 | by IPS
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 7 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Great Zimbabwe: At the centre of Soweto!
As the wave of violence, threats of violence and looting against foreign nationals and their businesses subsided in Johannesburg, it finally arrived in Soweto!Just after sunset on Wednesday 14...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Walter Nyabadza
Civil society activists on Zimbabwe military watch list
THE Zimbabwe National Army's Military Intelligence (MI) unit has placed on its watchlist several civil society activists it claims are conniving with United States to unseat President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Criminalisation of homosexuality in Africa - African Human rights v European Human rights
Whilst the west can blame Africa for criminalising homosexuality, equally the West has criminalised bigamy or polygamy. Thus another men's meat is another men's poison. My comment is o...Published: 26 May 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Njabulo
African Diaspora statement on the Zimbabwean situation and DRC
The ADF joins the long que and list of human rights organisations, and other organisations and institutions in condemning in the strongest and unapologetic sense the senseless murders and brutalisatio...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
SAHRDN condemns arbitrary arrests and wanton killings of peaceful protesters in DRC
THE Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) (a coalition of Southern African human rights defenders organisations), has called on the DRC authorities to respect the right to life, secu...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 07:43hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Mbalula, Deputy clash over 'take over' of Joburg by foreigners
SOUTH AFRICAN Government ministers last week clashed over the alleged "take over" of the city of Johannesburg by foreign nationals as well as their contribution to crime.Deputy Police Minister...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Citizenship for children born to foreign parents in SA under investigation
Cape Town - A child born in South Africa does not automatically qualify for South African citizenship if their parents are foreign, ...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
21st March Matebele Genocide demonstrations in South Africa
The time is drawing nigh for the historic anti-gukurahundi genocide march which will reverberate in Johannesburg on the 21st March 2017 under the auspices of uLoyiko. Gukurahundi is a Shona word which...Published: 18 Mar 2017 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Thulani Nkala
What South Africa is doing about xenophobia
AS in other parts of the world, immigration has taken a centre stage in the life of the nation. On the global stage, immigration has proven to be an emotive and contentious issue. It has been used to ...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:32hrs | | by Malusi Gigaba
uLoyiko condemns Mugabe's upcoming macabre and Gothic Birthday Bash in Matebeleland
uLoyiko theatre activists once again take this opportunity to extend their invitation to all people from all walks of life to its 380 Degrees Imbizo Demonstration that will be held on the 21st of Marc...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 08:00hrs | 4 | by Yanga Mhluzi, Siphelo Mtshetsha, Prosper Nkosi and Ayanda Manala
Johannesburg's 'Uncle Tom' calls for the deportation of immigrants
THE mayor of South Africa's city of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, elected on the ticket of the main opposition Democratic Alliance, has touched off a storm after he called for the deportation of i...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unacceptable persecution of human rights defenders
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has strongly condemns the violation of the rights of human rights defenders (HRDs), who were abducted and tortured by unidentified men on Friday 18 November 20...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 19:23hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Julius Malema vows to lock up de Klerk
The last apartheid-era president‚ FW de Klerk‚ would be jailed if Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema was the leader of the country."De Klerk must pray that I don't become presi...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Schocking torture video
SHOCKING video of what appears to be South African "police" inflicting torture to theft-accused woman. The woman is in handcuffs, a long stick put to tie her legs together dangling face up balanced by...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 06:24hrs | 9 | by Tshisa
AU launches African passport
The African Union (AU) has today launched the African passport, a development aimed at enhancing African integration through the free movement of people and quick delivery of goods and services on...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean editor shot in Lesotho
Zimbabwe veteran journalist, Lloyd Mutungamiri, was shot and seriously wounded in Lesotho on Saturday night after being interrogated by police on a story his publication ran.An alert by th...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 22:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Women too sensitive to compliments, says Zuma
Nkandla - President Jacob Zuma on Saturday said modern women were too quick to say they were being harassed when men were innocently complimenting them. Zuma, who was in a jovial mood, made th...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 05:25hrs | | by Agencies
Ex-Wenela workers get back up
A SOUTH African human rights lawyer has vowed to represent about 30 000 Zimbabweans, who used to work at South African mines, to access their compensation that have not been released for more than 30 ...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Lackson Munkombwe
President Mugabe's private life in serious conflict
A hypocrite is a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one who's private life, opinion, or statements belie his or her public statements....Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 07:09hrs | | by Israel Dube
DA 'breeding ground' for racists, says ANC
The ANC said on Tuesday it had laid a formal complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate the DA as a "breeding ground" for racists. Spokesperson Zizi Kodwa ...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Complainants unhappy about SAHRC findings on King Zwelithini violence sparking remarks
Complainants who took King Goodwill Zwelithini to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for his utterances relating to foreigners are unhappy with the findings of a preliminary report rele...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZLHR urge government to implement human rights obligations
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has urged the Zimbabwean government to implement in good faith their human rights obligations. The organisation made the remarks as the nation joined Afric...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 10:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Open letter to the AU on xenophobic attacks in South Africa
MISA, along with more than 100 African human rights organisations today presented an open letter to the African Union (AU), to express their concern about the xenophobic attacks in the Republic of Sou...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 15:49hrs | 3 | by MISA
How white people created the conditions for anti-immigrant riots in South Africa
A recent spate of anti-immigrant violence in South African cities has been linked to comments made by Goodwill Zwelithini, king of the Zulu nation. At a rally in late Mar. 2015, the monarch reportedly...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 20:30hrs | 2 | by Jake Flanagin @jakeflanagin
Jacob Zuma assures foreigners over xenophobia
President Jacob Zuma has assured foreigners including Zimbabweans living in South Africa that they are protected by a "friendly" legislative system which accommodates everyone.President Zuma's...Published: 06 Apr 2015 at 22:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks send shivers on foreigners in SA
Cape Town - Foreigners living and working in South Africa have been gripped with fear following a spat of xenophobic attacks in Durban on Monday. These attacks are alleged to have been sparked by ...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Levie Tsongo, Cape Town
Zimbabwean minister slams 'ignorant' Zulu king
Home affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi has condemned recent utterances by Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini calling for the deportation of foreigners from South Africa.Mohadi said King Zwelithini's re...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
1 Bishop, 2 wives, 1 bed
VIRILE Bishop Bonga practises what he preaches about polygamy.He sleeps with his two wives - in the same bed!and he says he is like King David of the bible.Now Bishop Bonga Khu...Published: 14 Feb 2015 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nightmare for Zimbabweans at SA's Lindela Centre
On June 1 Michael Mdladla was arrested by police in Benoni, east of Johannesburg. The 19-year-old undocumented Zimbabwean, who worked as a gardener, was sent to Lindela Repatriation Centre in the ...Published: 03 Dec 2014 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU engagement with Zanu-PF slammed
The ongoing efforts by European nations to re-engage with Zanu-PF have been described as a "travesty of justice", because they don't take into account either the past or current destructive policies o...Published: 20 May 2014 at 20:28hrs | | by Alex Bell
Human Rights group dismisses complaint against Gerrie Nel
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Tuesday dismissed a complaint against prosecutor Gerrie Nel.The grievance relates to his cross-examination of murder accused...Published: 15 Apr 2014 at 18:46hrs | 3 | by EWN
Prophet Mboro remove stones from woman's privates
The South African Human Rights Commission is following up on complaints against Pastor 'Mboro' submitted by Sonke Gender Justice and People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) in June 2011.Watch t...Published: 07 Mar 2013 at 22:45hrs | 6 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe legalise land grabs in new constitution
The drafters of Zimbabwe's new constitution are facing serious criticism for signing off on a document that appears to legalise state sanctioned theft of land, which could potentially lead to a fresh ...Published: 25 Jul 2012 at 10:06hrs | | by Alex Bell I SW Radio
ANC ward councillor charged with murder of a Zimbabwean national
The ANC ward councillor charged with murder of a Zimbabwean national will appear again in court in August. The councillor was released on bail by the Seshego Magistrate's Court in Polokwane yesterday...Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 05:38hrs | | by .
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