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UN in Zimbabwe to investigate women, girl rights situation
The United Nations Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls will be visiting Zimbabwe from June 28 to July 8, 2025, as part of its global mission to assess the state of rights, protecti...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:08hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
So, when will the UN hold a Summit on democracy and human rights?
As world leaders make their way back to their respective countries after the COP29 Climate Change Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, one can't help but ask: when will the United Nations (UN) hold a summit de...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 20:22hrs | 307 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa not obligated to accede to international conventions'
The High Court has ruled that there is no legal requirement compelling President Emmerson Mnangagwa to accede to international conventions, following an application by lawyer and activist Obey Shava s...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:35hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
China opposes coercive measures against developing countries
China on Tuesday represented 28 Global South countries and delivered a joint statement at the United Nations opposing unilateral coercive measures and urging countries imposing them to "immediately an...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 15:52hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
The sanctions lie: How Zimbabwe's ruling elite is misleading the nation
As Zimbabwe moves towards the so-called "SADC Anti-Sanctions Day" on the 25th of October, the need arises again to unpack the shameful lies spread by the ruling establishment about these measures....Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 16:57hrs | 536 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Asking Hichilema to honour campaign promises is now an offence in Zambia
This is Jason Mwanza (see image attached), a 28-year-old unemployed youth activist in Zambia. He has been in police detention without charge for almost two weeks now. His offence? Conducting a peacefu...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 17:02hrs | 1637 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Kazembe taunts jailed activists, defends clampdown on dissent
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe has subtly criticized Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa regarding the ongoing detention of pro-democracy activists and opposition supporters. Mutsvangw...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:49hrs | 296 | by Staff reporterq
Zimbabwe tells UN 'experts' that respect for sovereignty is paramount
Zimbabwe has dismissed a call from United Nations experts to release several activists recently arrested and detained by authorities.On August 15, UN experts, including Special Rapporteur on t...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 16:03hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala returns to Zimbabwe amid threats to his life
Outspoken opposition figure and Vice-Chairman of the Citizens Coalition for Change, Job Sikhala, is set to return home today after a four-month absence abroad. His impending return was confirmed by re...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe CIO's business network
Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) likely has a secret stream of money, The Sentry has found. Publicly availa...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 17:53hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala criticized ZANU PF repression and not Zimbabwe!
I do not know whether the ruling ZANU PF pretends to be dimwits or they are genuinely foolish.Honestly, it is very hard to understand why they can not make the distinction between Zimbabwe (th...Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:10hrs | 16 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Unilateral sanctions are not illegal!
IT was so laughable listening to Information minister Jenfan Muswere fuming over US targeted sanctions on some Zimbabweans.I could easily tell that he was trying his best to please his boss, P...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ziyambi repeats anti-sanctions call
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says sanctions must be removed for Zimbabweans to enjoy rights enshrined in the Constitution.He said this during the high level segment of the 55th Session of ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should be the last person to speak about patriotism!
These days I am eagerly following a documentary on the Nat Geo (National Geographic) channel entitled, 'Hitler - The Lost Tapes'.This chronicles the heinous Nazi Fuhrer's (Adolf Hitler) li...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 09:09hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe has officially become a pariah state!
The Government of Zimbabwe has officially become a tyranny - fraught with all the legislative tools to be justifiably labelled a pariah state.By the country's Parliament passing the much-loath...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe has officially become a pariah state!
By the country's Parliament passing the much-loathed so-called ‘Patriotic Bill', Zimbabwe has effectively joined the unenviable international ‘Hall of Shame' - joining other nations, such as North...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 19:09hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
History of organised violence, torture in Zimbabwe (1972-2020)
ON Wednesday May 24, 2023, I joined a panel of human rights defenders to reflect on the problem of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe.This was during the launch of the report A Short H...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Dzikamai Bere
Mahere's Geneva presentation rattles Zanu-PF
MAIN opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere's presentation at the high-profile Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland, which laid bare the cou...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police resort to Mopa to scuttle CCC gatherings
POLICE have resorted to the use of the new piece of legislation, Maintenance of Peace and Order Act to scuttle opposition party gatherings following repeal of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) ...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 16:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How can Zimbabweans be helped when they don't want to help themselves?
There is a popular Chinese adage - 'it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'.Indeed, as the people of Zimbabwe, we have endure unbelievable untold suffering, oppression and po...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:22hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe votes for 'Mother' Russia
ZIMBABWE on Monday voted against a United Nations General Assembly (Unga) resolution for Russia to pay compensation for the damage caused by its invasion of Ukraine.Ninety-four countries voted...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banishes death penalty
IT'S been 6 273 days since Zimbabwe hanged a condemned person. For the gruesome murder of Themba Nkiwane, the High Court sentenced Never Masina Mandlenkosi to death in 2002 and he was executed...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda rejects opposition legislators' PVOs Bill plea
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has rejected calls by opposition legislators to recommit the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill to the Committee Reading Stage after c...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grateful to SA
Zanu-PF has praised South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for taking the issue of illegal sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe directly to White House when he told the United States President Joe Bide...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to lobby Parly over shrinking democratic space
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) plans to lobby Parliament over government's alleged failure to restore the rule of law, claiming that the democratic space continues to shrink in the country ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt justifies clampdown on 'regime change' NGOs
GOVERNMENT has justified its decision to clamp down on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council meeting, alleging that the organisations were plotting t...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
EU's Timo Olkonnen lectures Zimbabwe on democracy and reforms
VARIOUS stakeholders are sceptical that next year's general elections will be free and fair before the implementation of electoral reforms.NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Miriam Mangwaya caught u...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guns for NGOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), accusing them of being appendages of foreign powers and diplomats seeking to effect regime change.In his...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, China continue to strengthen ties
ZIMBABWE and China continue to engage each other on modern challenges as part of solidifying the long-standing bilateral relations that exist between them, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.H...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime on UN radar over abuses
ZIMBABWE'S legacy of gross human rights violations topped discussions at the 30th meeting of the ongoing 50th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, which put the spotlight on Presid...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:31hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Russia hits back at US
RUSSIA has allayed fears its ongoing onslaught on Ukraine will plunge the world into acute commodity shortages due to delays in shipments as a result of the conflict, the Zimbabwe Independent has repo...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
US threatens Zimbabwe over Russian ties
AS Africa reels from the catastrophic effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine marked by acute food and commodity shortages, the United States (US) has issued a stark warning of the prolonged consequen...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Precedent that undermines credibility of Human Rights Council
On April 7, the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia's membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Cou...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Alfred de Zayas
Biden angry at Ramaphosa after South Africa abstains from UN Russia vote?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa held telephone talks Friday with United States President Joe Biden, a day after the continental powerhouse abstained from voting on a resolution suspending Russ...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames 'NATO expansion' for Russia's invasion of Ukraine
In his first public comments over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said it was a "robust" response by President Vladmir Putin to "provocation" by NATO, a military alliance of...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Europe cannot beat a bitterly cold winter through fire from faggots
They can't make fire from faggotsAS I write, for the short month of conflict in Eastern Europe, global food prices have risen by an average 17 percent.Energy costs have gone through th...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by @ Jamwanda2
Zimbabwe voted against suspension of Russia from top human rights body
ZIMBABWE is part of a club of independent nations, including eight other African states and countries like China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Russia itself, that voted against a United Nations ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has ignored calls to stop torture'
ZIMBABWE has adopted only 127 out of 264 recommendations made during the third cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process on January 26 and ignored recommendations on torture and other hum...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Useless UN Rights Chief tells Russia to stop war in Ukraine immediately
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights on Wednesday called Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukraine and stop the war that she said had caused immeasurable suffering and grief for mi...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns 'meddling' diplomats
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act against foreign diplomats, accusing them of meddling in the country's internal affairs and fuelling political tension ahead of next year's gene...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells diplomats to project true Zimbabwe story
Diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe should not undermine peace prevailing in the country through projecting false narratives, but must tell the true Zimbabwean story, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
US extends Zimbabwe sanctions after Russia/ Ukraine vote
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive suffered a major setback yesterday after United States President Joe Biden extended sanctions imposed on the country by another year under the cover ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US recalls official memo that hammered nations for being 'in Russia's camp'
The release of a strongly-worded instruction was an "error," according to the State DepartmentThe US has recalled a diplomatic cable that instructed its envoys to tell their Indian and UAE cou...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Racist treatment of African students fleeing Ukraine shocking
Pretoria: International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said she was shocked by revelations that African students fleeing the war in Ukraine, by attempting to cross into Poland, were ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 09:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Exiled CCC activist seeks virtual trial
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Netsai Marova, who is believed to have skipped the border, has requested Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to set up a virtual court trial after a Harare m...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bullying antics have no space in a multi-party democracy
TOP Zanu-PF officials' threats to punish critics with local sanctions for holding the ruling party and government to account, is shocking and only strengthens the belief that the ruling party is avers...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe feigning illness to delay trial'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has claimed that Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (Citizens Coalition for Change) has been employing delaying tactics in the finalisation of her "fake abduction" ...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, break these chains
ONE of Zanu-PF's defining traits is impunity - accentuated by the party leaders' utter disdain for the rule of law and constitutionalism.The primitive arrogance is on display everywhere. Someo...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:34hrs | 3 | by Brezh Malaba
Mnangagwa must just reform and shame the devil
ON Wednesday, a UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group confirmed critics' worst fears that there has been no change in the country's human rights record under Presiden...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'lied' over Zimbabwe rights record: CSO
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) yesterday accused government of lying during a United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) meeting on the country's human rights situation.Zimbabwe's huma...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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