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Zimbabwe's daily outrage industry keeps the government smiling

Every morning in Zimbabwe, the outrage begins like clockwork. A Twitter thread appears: "The government must stop overpriced vehicle license fees!" A Facebook post demands, "Zimbabweans should insist on fair public transport fares!"Somewhe…

Published: 07 Sep 2025 at 19:52hrs | 628 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

NGOs social entrepreneurship in the age of development aid disruption

Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Disruption of Traditional Development is and other actions are urgent as alternatives to reduce the carnage that is faced by non-state actors after the dismantling of USAID foreign aid by the new Ameri…

Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 17:44hrs | 344 | by Michael Ndiweni

Carnage in NGOs, clinics

Thousands of employees in Zimbabwe's non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) face an uncertain future after being told to go home following an executive order by United States President Donald Trump to …

Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:42hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt renews attack on NGOs

GOVERNMENT has maintained that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) remain a security threat requiring tough legislation to oversee their operations and whip them into line.Social Welfare minister July Moyo lashed out at the NGOs while pr…

Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mutsvangwa raps anti-Zimbabwe NGOs

Zanu-PF national spokesperson Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has lambasted some anti-Zimbabwe non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and opposition figures for attempting to cast aspersions on the country's electoral processes and its ov…

Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF's US like law gets thumbs down from foreign funded NGOs

Zanu-PF's spirited attempts to introduce a law that will impose a death penalty on 'unpatriotic' Zimbabweans is an assault on human rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression analysts say.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rulin…

Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

UN urges Zimbabwe govt to open up space for regime change NGOs

THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker TÃ¼rk has implored the Zanu-PF government to respect, protect and expand civic space to ensure that citizens are free to express themselves.TÃ¼rk made the call in a statement hig…

Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Johannesburg mayor now understands why Mugabe banned NGOs

Despite coming under attack for conducting "illegal" raids in Johannesburg buildings during his two-day stint as acting mayor, Patriotic Alliance secretary Kenny Kunene says he would do it again because he has a mandate from his voters.Kun…

Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Foreign-funded NGOs give conditional backing for Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid

THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (ZHRNGO Forum), a union of 22 rights organisations whose relationship with government have been shaky for over a decade, has expressed its support for re-admission of the country into the Commonwealth, a…

Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:23hrs | 5 | 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 to destabilise the country.In its respon…

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 8 | 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 weekly column in The Sunday Mail, Mnangagwa at…

Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa warns NGOs

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has warned rogue non-governmental organisations (NGOs) against over-stepping their mandate by meddling into politics, saying the Government will not hesitate to discipline such operators.The call by the President comes …

Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

How NGOs scandalously manage to assume power in UN agency Cites

THE managing director of the USA-based Ivory Education Institute Godfrey Harris, revealed his analysis of how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) achieved overwhelming influence within the UN international wildlife trade regulating agenc…

Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 11 | by Emmanuel Koro

MP demands control over NGOs

CHIREDZI North Member of Parliament Roy Bhila (Zanu-PF) recently caused a stir after he demanded control over activities initiated by non-governmental organisations in the south-eastern Lowveld.In particular, Bhila wanted to be involved in…

Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Honeymoon over for anti-Mnangagwa NGOs

The Aid Coordination Policy approved by Cabinet recently, aimed at ensuring consistency and harmonisation of development partners' activities to promote transparency, will not only promote economic growth and aid poverty reduction, but als…

Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Beaven Dhliwayo

Mnangagwa's govt threatens NGOs, again

THE Zanu-PF government has again threatened to ban non-governmental organisations (NGOs) deemed as failing to adhere to set regulations and pursuing a regime-change agenda.In a statement yesterday, Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, order…

Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter

Government riot act to errant NGOs welcomed

The reading of the riot act to some errant Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) by the Acting Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Honourable Kazembe Kazembe on 11 December 2018 should be applauded in the sense and manner of protecting …

Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:18hrs | 6 | by Brightface Mutema

NGOs must stick to their mandate

We are not lost to the immense contributions being made by Non-Governmental Organizations in Zimbabwe. Since independence, NGOs have incredibly assisted in the humanitarian field and the socio-economic development.However, the later day NG…

Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 08:17hrs | 5 | by John Sigauke

Professional demonisation of Africa

In the last instalment I showed that the "stake" which imported "stakeholders" erect in our midst is neither a gambling bet nor an investment.  Rather, it is the lynching post, the scaffolding from which imperialism may unleash mass t…

Published: 25 Sep 2011 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Tafataona Mahoso

A lesson for NGOs

RECENT press reports about goings on at the Bulawayo Agenda, a purported non-governmental organization which has been posing as a non partisan civic society group majoring in providing a forum for debate and dialogue and as a forum for con…

Published: 20 Jul 2011 at 13:24hrs | 4 | by Busani Ncube

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