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Zimbabwe court overturns unjust birth certificate denial
Two minor children who were undocumented since birth and rendered stateless after the Registrar General's Office declined to issue them with birth certificates got a reprieve after the High Court orde...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners demand voting right
THE High Court will for the second time hear an application filed by prisoners in 2017, seeking to be allowed to vote during elections, after the judge who initially heard the matter, Justice Clement ...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe in climbdown over passport deal
HOME Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister, Kazembe Kazembe has come off his high horse, repelling an earlier Statutory Instrument empowering CBZ Bank to unilaterally receive US$20 passport applicati...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
MDC duo acquitted after 8 years in jail
THE Supreme Court yesterday acquitted MDC Alliance activists Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere of the murder of a senior police officer after it ruled that their conviction by the High Court wa...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
We remain the land: The endless land wars of Chipinge
To many Zimbabweans, the forecast that there will be normal to above normal rains in 2020-21 farming is sweet news. However, this does not apply to many people in Chipinge.While others are pre...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:10hrs | 28 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Zimbabwe rights lawyers call for police restraint
LOCAL human rights groups have called out President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for trampling on citizens' rights under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 preventive measures.The calls were m...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
2017 military coup ghosts spooking Mnangagwa govt
THE wife of killed Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss Peter Munetsi (pictured), who died in military detention during the November 2017 coup which ousted former president Robert Mugabe, Ross...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killed CIO boss' wife demands US$600 000
THE wife of killed Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss Peter Munetsi (pictured), who died in military detention during the November 2017 coup which ousted former president Robert Mugabe, Ross...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyers dump #ShutdownZimbabwe protestors
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have reportedly dumped accused persons who were arresting over the violent protests that rocked the country on January14.Opposition activist Jospha...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Crackdown alarms Amnesty
A new briefing by Amnesty International documents how the Zimbabwean authorities have mounted a brutal crackdown and violence against protesters, using killings and torture, among other serious human ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | | by Amnesty International
Mnangagwa justifies Internet shutdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the blockade on Internet connections and social media services imposed during violent protests against the 150 percent fuel price hike does not mean he was intole...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
ZANU plot against MDC officials exposed
The MDC is concerned by a concerted attempt to tarnish the image of the party creating conspiracy theories with a bid to arrest and persecute the leadership.In Gweru, trumped up charges agains...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 13:01hrs | | by Bekithemba Mpofu
High Court ruling on Internet hailed
Information, communication and technology activists have welcomed the High Court's decision to have the Internet restored saying its shutdown violated the rights of millions of Zimbabweans.Gov...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
General Sibanda's testimony disputed
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) rarely admits to wrongdoing, officials from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) told a Commission of Inquiry probing the August 1 post-election violence that...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 20:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa evictees seek recourse
RESIDENTS occupying the contested Nyarungu Estate under the Phillip Chiyangwa-owned Jetmaster Properties have approached the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR) in a bid to stop a High Court dire...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Human rights lawyers, civil society hail Mnangagwa
HUMAN rights lawyers and civil society organisations have commended President Emmerson Mnangagwa for ratifying the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Good Governance during his recent visit t...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC wins Chitungwiza mayoral race
CHITUNGWIZA councillors yesterday elected MDC-T's Musekiwa Ruzvidzo as acting mayor ahead of Zanu PF's Betty Jasoni Dokora.The move all but sealed the fate of the three-member Madzudzo Pawadyi...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa favourite's nullification saga rages on
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)'s urgent application seeking to challenge President Robert Mugabe and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over the nullification of appointment of Acting...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudede faces litigation
FORMER Zimbabwe National Students' Union secretary-general and aspiring Epworth constituency lawmaker Zivai Mhetu has approached the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) seeking assistance to stop...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil Society engage in humanitarian work
Many Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe today are involved in humanitarian and development work, democracy and governance issues, and the promotion and protection of human rights. ...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
UZ allows medical students to return
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice-chancellor, Levi Nyagura, yesterday bowed down to pressure and permitted evicted medical students to return to their halls of residence following threats of contempt o...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 14:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabes owns Arnold Farm
After repeated and strenuous denials by authorities that the First Family owns Arnold Farm, popularly known as Manzou, the National Prosecuting Authority has inadvertently revealed the identit...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire remanded in custody to February 17
Harare - Magistrate Elisha Singano of the Harare Magistrates Court remanded #ThisFlag founder and activist, Pastor Evan Mawarire in custody until February 17 and advised the cleric to approach the Hig...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 08:24hrs | | by ZimRights
Lawyers challenge bond notes introduction
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR) have approached the High Court seeking an order to stop the introduction of bond notes, hardly a week after a similar challenge was launched by busines...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fond of complaining without taking action
Zimbabweans have been blamed for being fond of complaining without taking action against the ills that affect them.Mlondolozi Ndlovu posted on Facebook that Zimbabweans at times complain and m...Published: 05 Nov 2015 at 07:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Johane Marange Apostolic Church man, 14 wives invade 12 houses
A Johane Marange Apostolic Church man and his 14 wives who were evicted and arrested for unlawful entry into houses belonging to a Chinese mining concern Jinan in December have camped outside 12 Anjin...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 18:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt ordered to provide underwear for jailed women
A Supreme Court judge has ordered police to provide clean water, mattresses, blankets and toilet paper to detainees at Harare Central Remand Prison.The judge also ruled that women should be al...Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior MDC-T official court case referred to the Supreme Court
The court case of Teddy Chipere, a senior MDC-T official in Makoni Central district, Manicaland, who is facing charges of undermining the authority of the President, was yesterday referred to the Supr...Published: 27 Apr 2012 at 13:53hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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