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Mnangagwa preaches peace as political temperatures reach boiling point
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabweans should be united and peaceful as the country builds up to a watershed 2023 harmonised elections, amid rising political temperatures.This comes on ...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:11hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political violence escalating, claims report
Zanu-PF party is reportedly demanding villagers to surrender their national identity documents in what has been described as a vote-manipulation strategy ahead of next year's elections.In its ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe's leading human rights violator'
Zimbabwe's governing party Zanu-PF, which claims to have fought for freedom and democracy within the broad liberation movement, remains the country's leading human rights violator – a role it has ma...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 17:39hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells supporters to lie low
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his supporters to lie low to protect themselves from violent attacks from Zanu-PF loyalists as tempers between the two ma...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:21hrs | 2832 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe politics remains toxic'
HUMAN rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says the country's political environment has remained toxic with Zanu-PF cited as the worst culprits.In its latest monthly report titled Tox...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
'Kill Chamisa, his children and supporters,' Zanu-PF leader urges party members
Zanu-PF's Abton Mashayanyika has blatantly urged ruling party supporters to kill Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa, his children and supporters.Mashayanyika, who was...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 5173 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF goes hammer & tongs
Zanu-PF has reportedly roped in State security agents to recruit, train and conduct background checks on party members ahead of the 2023 general elections.This comes as the ruling party claime...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:35hrs | 5063 | 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 | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Slain CCC activist's family demands answers
PRESSURE is mounting on the police to unearth the circumstances behind the alleged abduction and murder of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali by suspected Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe electoral violence looms'
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has warned that the country risks sliding into electoral violence similar to the 2008 mayhem which resulted in several opposition activists being killed or had their l...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF closing opposition's political space, says ZPP
Zanu-PF party members topped human rights violations, with 165 cases in April and 193 in May in a development rights groups say indicates the ruling party's penchant for violence.The figures w...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:19hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors still struggling to get IDs
Twenty-five-year-old Charity Ncube (25), a villager from Lupane in Matabeleland North, doubts if she will ever obtain a birth certificate."My father disappeared and our homestead was burnt," s...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
NGO report exposes Zanu-PF violence
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has exposed Zanu-PF for perpetrating the majority of human rights abuses across the country in the month of April.The report titled The Wall talks of the exist...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 346 | by Bishop
Zanu-PF leading in human rights violations
ZIMBABWE's electoral environment is increasingly turning violent, with the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bearing the brunt of attacks from suspected State security agents and Zanu-PF ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Mixed reactions to Soda's utterances
CIVIC society groups and residents associations yesterday blasted Energy minister Zhemu Soda's utterances urging Zimbabweans to park their cars and use Zimbabwe United Passenger Company buses (Zupco),...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
'Rights groups' fret over political violence
HUMAN rights groups have expressed concern over escalating cases of politically-motivated violence, as well as denial of food aid to villagers aligned to opposition parties ahead of the March 26 by-el...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:00hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Police finger Zanu-PF in CCC Kwekwe violence
POLICE have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of perpetrating the weekend violence in Kwekwe which left two opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters dead and 17 others injured, with ei...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 2047 | by Staff reporter
New voter registrants sceptical about violent-free polls
FIRST time voters have expressed concern over the possibility of violence ahead of the March 26 by-elections and 2023 general elections saying there have not been meaningful measures put in place to e...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF forcing villagers to attend meetings'
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is reportedly forcing villagers to attend its meetings, as political tensions in the country rise ahead of the March 26 by-elections.This was revealed in the Zimbabwe ...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:18hrs | 2000 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over Zimbabwe police brutality
AT least 120 people were harassed and intimidated by the police officers while they were enforcing COVID-19 regulations during the festive season, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) said yesterday....Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans abusing social media to bolster fake abuses
When many protests go unnoticed, creating drama can seem like a good strategy to draw attention. But if they become self-harming and harming others the public opinion can turn against the protestors....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:57hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Female suspect succumbs to police torture
POLICE in Chivhu, Mashonaland East province, allegedly tortured and killed a woman whom they accused of concealing money stolen by her sister, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has claimed.In i...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A party with degrees in violence
There was nothing particularly alarming about the Zimbabwe Peace Project report which showed that the ruling Zanu-PF party and the police were the leading agents of violence in the month of September....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Violence: Zanu-PF in pole position
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has emerged as the leading perpetrator of human rights violations following intra-party violence during its internal elections that left some of its members hospitalised, a la...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF forces villagers to pay for war vets' welfare'
AS the country gears for 2023 elections and political tensions rise, a report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) highlights how traditional leaders and Zanu-PF activists are coercing villagers across...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cops demand sex from sex workers
COMMERCIAL sex workers in Mashonaland East province have accused police officers of extorting bribes or sexual favours in order for them to operate after curfew hours.According to the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Children of illegal migrants face statelessness
THERE is a growing population of stateless children born to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants in foreign countries, new study reveals.The study, titled Cursed with Statelessness: Consequences of D...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZPP warns against crackdown on NGOs
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has warned that the crackdown on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by government will stifle efforts to assist vulnerable citizens, who are beneficiaries of civic ...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Public lacks essential COVID-19 information'
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has implored government to provide adequate information to the public in order to fight disinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic.In its latest report on COVID-1...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rights 'defenders' tell chiefs to 'stay in your lane'
HUMAN rights defenders yesterday urged traditional leaders to desist from pressurising their subjects to vote for a particular political party as the country gears for the 2023 elections.In th...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police aiding increasing Zanu-PF violence
Guns represent war, conflict, destruction and death and in Zimbabwe, the gun has led politics instead of the reverse. This month, we witnessed and report that there has been an upsurge in political ac...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Peace Project
Residents ordered to join Zanu-PF 'before it is too late'
TERROR groups linked to the recently reintroduced National Youth Service (NYS) have already started intimidating people in Bindura, warning them to 'join Zanu-PF before it is too late', a report by Zi...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 21:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chinese project fans Zanu-PF factionalism
Chinese coal mining upstart Beifa Investments Private Limited has stepped up coal exploration around Dinde in Hwange despite sustained community objections as the acrimonious relationship between the ...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF monopolising food aid, claims ZPP
POLITICISATION of subsided mealie-meal and food aid by ruling Zanu-PF party officials during the COVID-19-induced lockdowns compounded hunger among vulnerable communities in most parts of the country,...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop top rights violators
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) was behind 50% of all human rights violations targeting mainly the opposition MDC Alliance party lead by Nelson Chamisa last month, a Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) re...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition supporters denied food aid
Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North's Tsholotsho district are accused of denying opposition supporters food aid as the ruling party starts campaigning ahead of the 2023 elections.According...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not deterred by arrests, torture
MAIN opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said the arbitrary arrests and torture of his party members by State security agents will not deter them from pursuing their vision to free citiz...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Politicisation of aid rampant during COVID-19 lockdown'
The COVID-19-induced lockdown exposed vulnerable Zimbabweans to food aid discrimination on political grounds, a report by a human rights watchdog has said.The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) , in...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rights 'defenders' press for PWDs social inclusion
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have called on institutions to ensure that people with disabilities (PWDs) are included in different programmes in ord...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Weak policies fuel food insecurity'
WEAK policy implementation, climatic shocks and natural hazards have made it impossible for Zimbabwe to ensure food security, local civil society groups have noted.In a recent joint report tit...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Stephen Mpofu
ZNA clears air on Chipinge incident
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed a report by a non-governmental organisation, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) alleging the army concealed evidence that its troops deployed in Chipinge a...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Security agents worst human rights violators'
A REPORT by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has exposed State security agents in the country as the worst violators of human rights in the month of February.The report released on Satur...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army deserters fight deportation from Botswana
AT LEAST 300 Zimbabwean political refugees, some of them army deserters, are fighting imminent deportation from Botswana.They fled to Botswana in 2008 during a violent election season that for...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Security forces major perpetrators of violence
SECURITY agents were the major perpetrators of human rights violations in 2020, with 181 cases of violence recorded in December, as the human rights situation in Zimbabwe remains dire, a humanitarian ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Illegal use of the ZPP icon by Advocate Nelson Chamisa and MDC Alliance
The Zimbabwe People's Party ZPP would like to bring to your attention that Mr Nelson Chamisa is using the icon on our logo. This is a cause for concern for us because we have seen that he is now using...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Jaison Midzi
Rule of law now a pipe dream, says ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace project (ZPP) has castigated government over the recent arrest of civil rights and political activists, saying the move shows lack of respect for democracy and the rule of law....Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt told to subsidise COVID-19 testing
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to subsidise COVID-19 testing so that it becomes affordable to every citizen to reduce cases of issuing of fake certificates.In its De...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, police leading human rights violators'
THE ruling Zanu-PF party and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have been ranked top in the violation of human rights which occurred in December last year, latest findings by the Zimbabwe Peace Projec...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks govt's pfumvudza programme
GOVERNMENT'S input scheme, pfumvudza has brought its own package of rights violations in the country's provinces with the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) claiming the process was being managed along part...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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