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Zimbabwe scores badly on questionable global rights index
Zimbabwe continues to slide deeper into repression and deprivation, with a damning new report by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) revealing widespread violations of civil, political, and...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt, banks seal deal to help farmers secure title deeds
The Government has signed a landmark agreement with six banks to offer mortgage facilities that will enable farmers to acquire title deeds, access better financing, and advance agricultural developmen...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:25hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Tensions escalate as Zimbabwean villagers resist land takeover
Tensions are mounting in the Malipati area of Chiredzi as a land dispute involving local villagers, their headman, and outside investors threatens to destabilise the community. Several villagers have ...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:10hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Giant lithium miner displaces villagers in Zimbabwe
A tense standoff is unfolding in Bikita, where eight families settled on George Nollen Farm under Chief Marozva in the year 2000, as part of Zimbabwe's land reform programme, are now facing eviction. ...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:44hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court rules against arbitrary Home demolitions
The Constitutional Court has dealt a decisive blow to local authorities' power to demolish homes without judicial oversight, declaring such actions unconstitutional. This landmark ruling reinforces pr...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:33hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Zela moves to protect marginalised communities
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has reaffirmed its dedication to advocating for the protection of marginalized communities, particularly women in the mining sector, amid growing conc...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:41hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Copyright claims plague artists due to ignorance
THE legal principle ignorantia juris non excusat, meaning: Ignorance of the law is no excuse, underscores the fundamental responsibility that individuals have to abide by the law, regardless of person...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 16 | by Clinton Chipo
Mnangagwa's govt, MDC councils to blame for cholera deaths
HUMAN rights lawyers say government and local authorities must be held accountable for cholera deaths as the water-borne disease spreads across the country claiming lives.The Zimbabwe Lawyers ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:24hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
New trade union formed
A NEW trade union Confederation of Zimbabwe Trade Unions has been formed to push for workers' rights across the country.Union leader Peter Mpofu said the union seeks to reduce tension between ...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:23hrs | 43 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe to hold elections under alarming human violations, claims Amnesty International
ZIMBABWE's July 2023 general election will be held under a five-year systematic, brutal crackdown on human rights, restrictions on political opposition gatherings, violent suppression of protests and ...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to repeal the 'Patriot Act'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will repeal new clauses in the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act that criminalises criticism of government once the party is elected into power....Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 12 | 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 becau...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF is desperate to be readmitted into the Commonwealth before 2023 - its legitimacy depends on it
Zanu PF stall: Readmit Zimbabwe into Commonwealth before 2023 elections and lift the sanctions soon thereafter.The number one priority to Zanu PF is to retain its iron grip on political power ...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
ZLHR receives funding from US to fund subversive activities?
A senior official with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Mr Macdonald Moyo, yesterday allegedly admitted that the organisation receives direct funding from the United States government to ...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR on the payroll of the United States?
IN a shocking admission, Mr Macdonald Moyo of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has admitted that his organisation is on the payroll of the United States, bringing to the fore the nexus between so...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gambians prove capabilities of youthful leadership
Young people are driving development in West Africa and demonstrating capacity to lead and transform entire regions and cities.Youthful Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda of Kanifing Municipality is t...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 10:01hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why Zanu, Zanu-PF were successful in the 1970s, 80s and 90s
I was in a meeting recently when someone who is not a member of Zanu or Zanu-PF asked the question: Why was Zanu and Zanu-PF successful in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and not successful after 2001? ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:48hrs | 2 | by Fay Chung
CCC dismisses new Zimbabwe economy measures; says Chamisa-led govt only solution
Minister Mthuli Ncube (on Monday) announced measures that are meant to curb hyperinflation and stabilize (prices) as well as address the remuneration crisis in the civil service. The Reserve Bank also...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Fadzayi Mahere
Abortion: Pro-Choice; Pro-Nothing; Pro-Life - Study the law with Blessed Mupatsi
THE DEONTOLOGY Assisted by: Nompilo P. Nkomo. In Zimbabwe in the late 19th century, through the promulgation of the Termination of Pregnancy Act...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:12hrs | 15 | by Blessed Mupatsi
Mnangagwa fails to rig the economy
A FAMILY of six now requires a total of ZW$68 178 to meet basic needs per month as inflation continues to surge, according to latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat)....Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's perennial water crisis worrying
Zimbabwe's Perennial Water Crisis is worrying various stakeholders amid the observance of human rights, including socio-economic rights, participation rights and non-discrimination rights, is critical...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:40hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
'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
Zimbabwe makes progress in human rights reforms
ZIMBABWE has made tremendous progress in the implementation of various reforms that seek to strengthen and protect citizens' rights.On Wednesday the United Nations Human Rights Council's Unive...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a prima facie failed state and incapable of self-governing - will we finally take the cure
"Blacks are incapable of self-governing!" was the standard justification for continued white colonial rule. Not many things said and done by the white supremacists got under my skin half as deep as th...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:35hrs | 18 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe's Heroes, Defence Forces Days have lost sparkle
AS Zimbabwe commemorated the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays this week, sharp scrutiny was cast on whether the country has regressed or enhanced the founding ideals of the liberation struggle for w...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't have his cake and eat it
CONCERNS recently raised by the House of Lords in the United Kingdom over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe and a call for action on Harare after the arrest and detention of opposit...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
IOM rescues cross-border traders
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has started rolling out support programmes to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on informal cross-border traders in the Sadc region. ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland activists 'under siege'
HUMAN rights activists have accused authorities of employing unorthodox means to hound government critics following reports that armed police raided the house of a leader of a Matabeleland-based milit...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fume as fraud-accused Shava is appointed Foreign Minister
ZIMBABWEANS have been left fuming following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock Monday appointment of Frederick Shava as the new Foreign Minister.Shava replaces the late Sibusiso Moyo who suc...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO fails to pay terminus fees
CITY of Mutare says it is losing potential revenue after the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) took over all bus termini in the city.The bus termini used to be operated by private comm...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 lockdown increased human rights abuses'
HUMAN rights groups yesterday said Zimbabwe witnessed severe increased violations of people's rights this year due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown and pleaded with government to end the use of State ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's 'fantasy' budget: Here's how it will affect you
THE 2021 budget presented by the finance minister Mthuli Ncube to Parliament shows that the minister was living in a ‘fantasy world,' according to academic, Professor Austin Chakaodza."Some ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Voters don't understand our role, says MPs
LEGISLATORS yesterday said they often ended up performing duties which were not theirs just to win votes as the bulk of the electorate was ignorant of the roles played by the President, Members of Par...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a country of laws
Zimbabwe is a nation governed by law. There is not a thing that happens (or should happen) that is not provided for by any law. We differ from the United Kingdom in one respect, they do not have...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Tino Chinyoka
Lawyer speak on Chief Ndiweni sentence
Chief Ndiweni seen here inside court at the Tredgold Magistrates Court. He was sentenced to an effective 18 months in jail for malicious damage to property.Legal practitioner, Kucaca Phulu, sa...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
So Mnangagwa will finally Resign?
On August 16 some people of Harare high density suburbs will yet again brave the wind and toyi-toyi the streets to exert pressure on a constitutionally elected and military backed government to resign...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
Zimbabwe loses billions to illicit financial flows
GOVERNMENT should complement monetary policy changes with an anti-corruption strategy to curb illicit financial flows (IFFs) as the country is losing billions annually, businessdigest has learnt....Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Response to State coordinated attack on civil society
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has noted with great regret the state's coordinated and systematic attack on civil society organisations in Zimbabwe through falsehoods in the media, ar...Published: 29 May 2019 at 15:46hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
Mnangagwa invites UN special envoy
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will dispatch a high-level rapporteur to Zimbabwe before the end of this month on a fact-finding mission following the January viole...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe now fully exposed
As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by David B. Moore
Zimbabwe @39: A return to the source
The number of years since our national Independence may increase, but its historic meaning is never lost, and that is as it should be.No matter one's political or religious views, our national...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Takura Zhangazha
It's time for South Africa to rethink the economy
ON May 8, South Africans go to the polls to choose their next governing party for the next five years. The election this year marks the country's sixth general election since the dawn of democracy in ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Tracing the failed assassination of Joshua Nkomo in Lusaka
Some four decades ago, Zimbabwe's veteran nationalist - former Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - who was affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe, survived an assassination attempt on Apri...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga are scaring investors away
The recent military crackdown on Zimbabwean citizens is not only a grave infringement on the citizens' fundamental constitutional rights but it ultimately presents Zimbabwe as a volatile business envi...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Frazer Muzondo
The fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe is now fully exposed
As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 15:52hrs | 1 | by David B Moore I The Conversation
Zimbabwe's horror 2019 unfolds
The palpable fear among many Zimbabweans that 2019 would become yet another "annus horribilis" — Latin for a horrible year — has become a harrowing reality, with the country's political and econom...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
2018: The year in which anger took centre stage
At some point, almost every adult Zimbabwean could easily be defined as being angry in the year 2018.And all for different reasons. A majority of us were apoplectic about the state of the nati...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Takura Zhangazha
Canada sanctions on ZImbabwe to remain
CANADA is one of the Western countries which imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe following the violent and chaotic post-2000 land reform programme. Since then, relations between the two countries have been ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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